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Angela Winfield, Leading International Disability Champion and Advocate, Joins BBI Board

July 6, 2017

Angela Winfield
Angela Winfield

Angela Winfield, J.D., a leading international champion and advocate of disability civil rights has joined the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) Board of Advisors. BBI at Syracuse University reaches around the globe in its efforts to advance the civic, economic, and social participation of people across the spectrum of disability.

Ms. Winfield is the Director of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. In this role, she provides leadership, vision, energy, and a unified philosophy to the university’s diversity, inclusion, and engagement efforts. Ms. Winfield develops and implements strategies to create an inclusive environment in support of a diverse workforce, including oversight of equal employment and Americans with Disabilities Act implementation. Continue Reading

Logue and Blanck to present webinar on Civil War Veterans and PTSD

June 29, 2017

BBI Senior Fellow Larry Logue and BBI Chairman Peter Blanck to present webinar on Civil War Veterans and PTSD

We encounter PTSD in numerous settings these days. It is most commonly associated with veterans, and some scholars have suggested that PTSD affected combatants from ancient conflicts through World War II and in today’s conflicts. Continue Reading

Did Civil War Veterans Have PTSD? Webinar Archive now available

June 29, 2017

BBI Senior Fellow Larry Logue and BBI Chairman Peter Blanck Present Webinar on Civil War Veterans and PTSD

We encounter PTSD in numerous settings these days. It is most commonly associated with veterans, and some scholars have suggested that PTSD affected combatants from ancient conflicts through World War II and in today’s conflicts. Continue Reading

BBI Hosts Dr. Ayelet Gur, Leading Israeli Researcher on Persons with Disabilities, for Joint Research Project

June 26, 2017

Dr. Ayelet Gur, a leading Israeli professor and researcher on persons with disabilities, is a visiting scholar in residence at BBI during June 2017. Dr. Gur, along with Professor Arik Rimmerman of Haifa University and BBI Chairman Peter Blanck, is conducting a groundbreaking study on the deinstitutionalization of Israelis with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Continue Reading

BBI Welcomes Chancellor Syverud and Dean Boise to Board of Advisors Meeting

May 11, 2017

BBI Welcomes SU Chancellor and President Kent Syverud and College of Law Dean Craig Boise to Board of Advisors Meeting

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University held its annual Board of Advisors meeting on Wednesday, May 3. BBI was honored to welcome SU Chancellor and President Kent Syverud, and College of Law Dean Craig Boise to its meeting. Continue Reading

Blanck to Give Public Lectures at University of Leeds UK on People with Disabilities

May 10, 2017

BBI Chairman and University Professor, Dr. Peter Blanck, will be an honored guest at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Blanck will give two presentations on topics related to people with disabilities during his time at the University. The first, entitled “Self-Determination and Legal Capacity: Developments in the USA on Supported-Decision Making,” will discuss law, policy and research developments on the use of supported-decision making in the United States. This lecture will occur on Thursday, March 30th from 17:00 – 18:30 BST.  Continue Reading