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Disability Rights Activist to Visit Campus on Wednesday, March 5
Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit 黑料不打烊 on Wednesday, March 5. Heumann will speak as part of a panel titled 鈥淧romoting Inclusion of People with Disabilities鈥擳hrough Law…
黑料不打烊 Alumni, Father and Sons, Donate $100,000 to the Burton Blatt Institute
Gift to BBI from Michael 鈥63, Mark 鈥11, and Jonathan Tannenhauser 黑料不打烊 alumni Michael Tannenhauser 鈥63 and his son Mark Tannenhauser 鈥11, and son Jonathan Tannenhauser (Harvard 鈥94), have made a commitment of $100,000 to support the work of…
Disability Student Union to Hold Inclusive Entertainment Event
The Disability Student Union, SU鈥檚 student-led disability cultural organization composed of students with and without disabilities, will host Disabilifunk on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 6-9 p.m. in the Schine Underground. The goal is to engage in an inclusive atmosphere with…
Call for Proposals: Disability-Themed Comic Symposium: ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con 2014
Back again for its second year is the highly anticipated symposium 鈥淐ripping鈥 the Comic Con. This year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淭ake Away the Suit and What Are You?鈥 provides participants with the opportunity to engage in a broad array of reflective discussions…
Workforce Recruitment Program Seeks Applicants for 2014
The Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities (WRP) is seeking applicants for participation in its 2014 program. WRP is an annual recruitment and referral program that connects public and private sector employers with students and recent graduates with…
The Art of Listening: A Reading by Two Poets
On Thursday, Oct. 24, the YMCA鈥檚 Downtown Writers Center offers its third annual reading as a component of 黑料不打烊 Symposium, featuring two internationally acclaimed poets鈥擨lya Kaminsky and Stephen Kuusisto (one hearing-impaired, the other blind). They will read work from their…
Southeast ADA Center Announces First Broadcast of WADA 鈥淎DA Live!鈥
On Oct. 2, the Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at 黑料不打烊, will launch 鈥淎DA Live!鈥 on WADA, the center鈥檚 Internet-based radio station. For the past 22 years, the Southeast ADA Center, a member of…
CHAT Camp Wraps Up Successful Summer Program
The Burton Blatt Institute at 黑料不打烊 is helping to provide a voice to nonverbal children. This video explains the concept of CHAT (Communication Hope through Assistive Technology) and explains how one SU alumnus is lending a voice and his…
SU Names Four New Members to the Board of Trustees
Four new Board of Trustees members were elected to their positions at the annual Board of Trustees meeting held on campus earlier this year.
SU Law Clinic Partners with U.S. Department of State to Bolster Disability Rights in Ethiopia
The Disability Rights Law Clinic at the College of Law has been selected to participate in a U.S. Department of State sponsored Professional Fellows EMPOWER Program, administered by Mobility International USA (MIUSA). This two-way international exchange program aims to expand…