Category: Center on Disability and Inclusion
Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education receives $5 million in funding to support individualized options for students with intellectual disabilities
On the heels of a $3 million private gift from the Taishoff Family Foundation, the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education at Syracuse University has received an additional $2 million...Read More
Taishoff Family Foundation Gives $3 Million Gift to Support Expansion of InclusiveU for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The School of Education at Syracuse University today received a $3 million gift from The Taishoff Family Foundation of Naples, FL to support The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher...Read More
School of Education mourns passing of Steven J. Taylor, Centennial Professor of Disability Studies and Director of the Center on Human Policy
Steven J. Taylor, Ph.D. died at his home in South Onondaga on November 8, 2014. Steve is survived by his wife Betsy Edinger, son Jeff, and daughter Lea. He also...Read More
Taishoff Center Presents ‘Disabled and Proud: Dare to Dream’
The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education at Syracuse University will present “Disabled and Proud: Dare to Dream,” a two-day conference event on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19....Read More
School of Education’s Center on Human Policy awarded $2.3M grant for “Community for All Project”
The Center on Human Policy (CHP), a Syracuse University-based policy, research and advocacy organization affiliated with Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, has been awarded a 5-year, $2.3 million...Read More
Institute on Communication and Inclusion to host Annual Summer Institute, July 28-30
The Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI) at the Syracuse University School of Education will host its annual summer institute at the Sheraton Syracuse University from July 28-30, 2014. This...Read More
“FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement” Documentary Screening Looks At the Implications of Human Enhancement Technologies, Tuesday, March 4
The Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee (BCCC) at Syracuse University will host a screening of the documentary “FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement” at 7 p.m. at Watson Hall Theater on...Read More
Christine Ashby Appointed Director of the Institute on Communication and Inclusion
Christine Ashby, associate professor of inclusive education, has been named Director of the Institute on Communication and Inclusion within the School of Education. Ashby has served as the Institute’s Director...Read More
Spear to Posthumously Receive Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Award
The 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards will be presented to five members of the Syracuse University or greater Syracuse communities during Syracuse University’s 27th Annual Martin Luther...Read More
School of Education Mourns the Passing of Doctoral Student Cheryl Spear
Cheryl Spear, a long-time graduate student in the School of Education, died in Atlanta, Georgia on December 11, 2011. Ms. Spear received her B.A. in Clinical Psychology from Brooklyn College...Read More