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BBI Spotlight: 2009

November 2009

• 11.12.09 Eve Hill, BBI's SVP, interviewed by NPR Morning Edition on Kindle accessibility, and universities – including SU – choosing not to buy them. Eve is also involved in SU's decision to refrain from buying more Kindles until the accessibility issue is addressed.
  • SU News: SU decision to not buy Kindle featured in NPR interview with Eve Hill, BBI's SVP | Inside SU: SU decision to not buy Kindle featured in NPR interview with Eve Hill, BBI's SVP | Wired Campus article: Kindle - 2 Universities Won't Buy
• 11.11.09 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) with Disabilities Expands
  • Press Release: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities expands [PDF file] | SU News: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities expands

October 2009

• 10.26.09 BBI Selected to Co-Lead New $12 Million New York State Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
  • Press Release: NYMWP-MIG-10-20-09.pdf | SU News Release: SU’s Burton Blatt Institute selected to co-lead implementation of new $12 million New York State Medicaid infrastructure grant

August 2009

• 8.11.09 BBI awarded $2,500,000 funding from NIDRR – U.S. Dept. of Education for 5-year Research and Knowledge Dissemination Project on Rehabilitation Technology
  • SU News Release: BBI awarded 5-year Rehabilitation Technology Project from NIDRR

July 2009

• 7.17.09 Purchasing of Accessible Electronic Resources Resolution Adopted
  • Resolution: Purchasing of Accessible Electronic Resources [Word file]
  Resolution: Accessibility for Library Websites[Word file]
• 7.7.09 BBI and Professor Peter Blanck join disability organizations and disability law professors in supporting nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
  • Disability Law Professors Letter
  • Disability Organizations Letter
• 7.1.09 BBI awarded $35K grant for Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities

May 2009

• 5.4.09 BBI honors Dr. Joel M. Levy with Lifetime Achievement Award

April 2009

• 4.21.09 BBI provides support for Hard Rain Project exhibition on Syracuse Campus
• 4.15.09 BBI joins Reading Rights Coalition to Seek Accessible Electronic Books
• 4.7.09 BBI Submits Comments on EEOC’s Proposed Regulations Under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. (Word file)

January 2009

• 1.22.09BBI and Whitman School of Management collaborate on delivering a new Kauffman-funded course: "Inclusive Entrepreneurship"
• 1.13.09 BBI Invited to Advise Obama Administration (PDF file)
  • BBI Obama Transition Policy Recommendations (Word file) | Press Release : Obama Administration reaches out to disability community

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