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Campus screenings of ‘Wretches & Jabberers’ planned April 16, 28
The 鶹ƵUniversity School of Education will host three screenings of the documentary film “Wretches & Jabberers,” on Saturday, April 16, at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., and on Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium…
EBV receives top 10 recognition from Inc. magazine for best college-based entrepreneurship programs in nation
The April issue of Inc. magazine has named the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program, based at the Whitman School of Management at 鶹ƵUniversity, as one of the “10 Best-In-Class” college-based entrepreneurship courses and programs in the…
BBI meets with top White House staff on entrepreneurship for people with disabilities
On March 28, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 鶹ƵUniversity Executive Director Michael Morris, Senior Vice President Gary Shaheen G’86, and BBI Board of Advisors member John Robinson ’90 met at the White House with Special Assistant to the President…
BBI Chair Peter Blanck noted as authority in new ADA rules
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) extensively cited the research of University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 鶹ƵUniversity, in its final rules and regulations for the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities…
Penn State’s Michael Berube to lecture on humanities March 4
Michael Berube, professor and director of the Institute for Arts and the Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, will visit campus on Friday, March 4, to deliver two talks on the humanities. On Friday morning, Berube will give the talk “Narrative…
鶹ƵUniversity music professor and acclaimed recording engineer named Burton Blatt Institute fellow
James Abbott, professor of audio engineering at the Rose, Jules R., and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been selected as a fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse…
Nominations sought for 2011 Beyond Compliance Award
The Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee (BCCC) seeks nominations for its annual Beyond Compliance Award. The award will be given to any 鶹ƵUniversity department, faculty, staff, student and student group that has demonstrated commitments to inclusion, and worked “beyond compliance”…
Real JOBS NY assists people with psychiatric disabilities find sustainable employment
For Jill Shepherd, who has battled depression and alcoholism, overcoming the barriers that stood in her way to finding a job seemed like an impossible task. When conventional methods of obtaining employment did not work, Shepherd enrolled in the Real…
Burton Blatt Institute hosts research seminars with disability rights scholars from United States, Israel, Japan
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 鶹ƵUniversity will host a series of seminars this month, part of the ongoing opportunities for researchers affiliated with BBI to present on research relative to their area of expertise with impact for people…
Whitman’s EBV Program, partnership with PepsiCo, celebrated at ‘Salute a Soldier Day’ at the Carrier Dome
As part of 鶹ƵUniversity’s Courage Day celebrations honoring military and veteran organizations on Saturday, Nov. 6, four graduates of the Whitman School of Management’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program have been selected to serve as honorary…