December 3, 2018
Dr. Harpur, senior lecturer with the TC Beirne School of law at the University of Queensland, Australia and International Distinguished Fellow with the Burton Blatt Institute, was today awarded 2019 Fulbright Futures Scholarship by the Australia-United States Fulbright Commission. Dr. Harpur’s project, “Universally Designed for whom? Disability, the Law and Practice of Expanding the “Normal User”, builds on his earlier research with BBI.
November 30, 2018
Source: Syracuse University News by By Kathleen Haley
Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the members of a search committee for a chief diversity officer (CDO). The creation of a CDO position was one of the recommendations of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion to strengthen the University’s diversity initiatives. Continue Reading
November 21, 2018
The ADA for State and Local Governments Conference announced that Peter Blanck, University Professor at Syracuse University and Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) and Principal Investigator of the Southeast ADA Center project based in Atlanta, Georgia, will keynote the event on November 29, 2018 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Continue Reading
November 8, 2018
Ralph Savarese will read from his new book, “See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No Good English Professor” (Duke University Press, 2018), on Thursday, Nov. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 E.S. Bird Library. Continue Reading
November 7, 2018
Source: Syracuse University News
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), housed in Syracuse University’s College of Law, today announced that two leading disability studies scholars have joined the institute and will be charged with launching a new initiative, known as Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach. Steve Kuusisto, University Professor, and Diane Wiener, currently the director of the Disability Cultural Center, will join BBI as the director of interdisciplinary programs and outreach, and research professor and associate director, respectively. Continue Reading
November 5, 2018
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University welcomes Gagan Chhabra, Doctoral Candidate in Social Work and Social Policy from Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. Chhabra, who is 32 years old and visually impaired, came to the United States in 2018 for a research visit at the University of California, Berkeley.
November 1, 2018
The Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, welcomes James Cartwright, our 2018-2019 student intern from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Continue Reading
October 30, 2018
Sponsored by the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion and the Committee on Continuing Legal Education and by the Black Law Students Association, the Latin American Law Students Association, Disability Law and Outlaw (LGBTQ+ Community) of Syracuse University College of Law. Continue Reading
October 29, 2018
Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) Chairman and University Professor Peter Blanck will address diversity professionals at major law firms. The event is hosted by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) on November 1, 2018 in Chicago at the Grant Thornton building alongside fellow speaker, former AICPA President, Paulette Brown who will speak on ABA Diversity and Inclusion. Blanck’s presentation will feature findings from the recent BBI/ABA Project followed by a Q&A session.
October 25, 2018
Are law firms committed to disability diversity? A handful of firms have taken action
by Angela Morris | ABA Journal