News

  • August 2, 2017

    Portrait of Harry Lang

    Book highlights deaf Americans in Civil War

    Harry Lang, NTID professor emeritus, will host a discussion and book signing on Sept. 6 for his latest book, Fighting in the Shadows: The Untold Story of Deaf People in the Civil War.
  • July 14, 2017

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    NTID gets $1M for deaf scientists-in-training program

    The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to RIT that is expected to provide $1.025 million in funding over five years to develop a Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates.
  • July 12, 2017

    Portrait of Tim Albert

    RIT/NTID names Student Life Team director

    Marvin “Tim” Albert has been named director of NTID’s Student Life Team and will supervise and oversee co-curricular events including clubs and Greek life for RIT/NTID’s 1,200 deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
  • July 11, 2017

    Portrait of Stephanie Smith Albert

    NTID names director of diversity and inclusion

    Stephanie Smith Albert has been named the first director of diversity and inclusion at NTID. She most recently was the director of student life at Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus, Ohio.
  • June 28, 2017

    Portrait of Gary Behm

    NTID names Gary Behm interim associate VP

    Gary Behm has been named interim associate vice president for academic affairs at NTID and will oversee NTID’s academic departments, curriculum, course scheduling, degree certification, communication services and assessment, and faculty/staff professional development.
  • May 16, 2017

    Family posing with award

    N.J. teacher receives Scouten Endowed Internship

    NTID selected Katie O’Dell, a teacher at Neptune Middle School in New Jersey, for the 2017 Scouten Endowed Internship in English Literacy. Her internship took place in April at RIT/NTID.
  • May 15, 2017

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    Grad defines strength in the face of adversity

    Amie Sankoh came to the U.S. from Sierra Leone when she was 12 years old. The biochemistry student, who is deaf, will begin studying in August for her Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
  • May 1, 2017

    Poster for "An Evening with Sean Berdy"

    ‘Switched at Birth’ star to visit RIT

    Sean Berdy, best known for his portrayal of the “Deaf James Dean” character Emmett on Freeform’s Switched at Birth, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Panara Theatre.
  • May 1, 2017

    Professor and Students posing with check

    BAGMAG wins top prize in Next Big Idea competition

    Four teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID went head-to-head April 26 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition. BAGMAG, a hands-free solution for making skateboards easily portable on the back of a backpack, won first place.