Health & Society
Michael Bird to present ‘Health Disparities Among Native Americans’
A nationally recognized public speaker on Native American public health, health disparities and social justice, Michael E. Bird, will present a special lecture, 鈥淗ealth Disparities Among Native Americans,鈥 on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. The free lecture, which is…
Burton Blatt Institute receives $6.2 million grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to continue leadership of ADA Center in southeastern United States
The U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has awarded the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊 a $6.2 million, five-year grant to continue its leadership of the Atlanta-based Southeast ADA Center. Established in 1991…
New University center will focus resources on public health promotion
Alumnus funds Lerner Center
鈥楩ood, Inc.鈥 documentary screening to be held Sept. 29
The 黑料不打烊 Sustainability Division will be showing the Academy Award nominee for best documentary feature film, 鈥淔ood, Inc.,鈥 on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center. Admission is free and open to the…
Burton Blatt Institute sponsors screening of disability documentary at 黑料不打烊 International Film Festival
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊聽will sponsor a screening of 鈥淒olphin Boy,鈥 the award-winning documentary by Israeli director, screenwriter and producer Dani Menkin, at the 2011 黑料不打烊 International Film Festival. 鈥淒olphin Boy鈥 will be shown 7 p.m. Wednesday,…
Burton Blatt Institute co-hosts seminar on 鈥業nternational Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange鈥
The Global Research Network on Disability (GRND), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊, will host a seminar on 鈥淚nternational Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange: Collaborative Research Between Governments and Academia to Promote Disability in Development.鈥…
鈥榃retches & Jabberers鈥 to screen as part of disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, Sept. 19
As part of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, the documentary film 鈥淲retches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road鈥 will be shown on Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium of Schine Student Center. The…
Students to explore ethics of eating
For six weeks this semester, 黑料不打烊 students will have the opportunity to explore what the food they consume means and how the world relates to one鈥檚 diet through the 鈥淓thics of Eating鈥 seminar. The series of dialogues and dinners…
Taishoff Center hosts PHOTOVOICE exhibit to spread voices of disabled community
The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education is hosting the photography exhibit “PHOTOVOICE Changing the Image of Disabilities: Reflections and Resolutions,” a national project that gives community groups a voice through photography and poetry. PHOTOVOICE is free and…
BBI chairman to deliver keynote at disability conference
University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊, will deliver the keynote address at the Coleman Institute Conference on Oct. 13. Blanck鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭oward the Right to Equal Technology Access for People with Cognitive…