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February 8, 2022
NTID Performing Arts, Dance at RIT present IGNITE showcase
A variety of RIT performing artists will showcase their talents at IGNITE, organized by NTID's Department of Performing Arts and Dance at RIT. IGNITE will have four shows Feb. 11-13 at Robert F. Panara Theatre in Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall.
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February 8, 2022
RIT/NTID grad will sign language-interpret Super Bowl halftime show
Yahoo News features a story by the Democrat and Chronicle on Sean Forbes ’08 (applied arts and sciences) performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
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February 7, 2022
Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show to be first to feature ASL performers, on NBCSports.com and NBC Sports app
The NFL and the National Association of the Deaf announce that Deaf musician Sean Forbes ’08 (applied arts and sciences) will sign the Halftime Show with Deaf musician Warren “Wawa” Snipe.
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January 31, 2022
Garth Fagan Dance partnership opens with a spirited first act
RIT students are already benefitting from a new partnership with Garth Fagan Dance. RIT Performing Arts Scholars Program students are taking master classes and students are working on a semester-long arts management capstone project to deliver suggestions for the internationally known dance company to potentially implement.
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January 31, 2022
AI research collaboration begins
Cecilia Alm, an associate professor in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, was awarded nearly $2 million by the National Science Foundation to lead a team of RIT faculty addressing a lack of diversity in the artificial intelligence research community and gaps in AI curricula.
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January 31, 2022
RIT/NTID offers boot camp-style IT training, certification for deaf, hard-of-hearing learners
The DeafTEC Resource Center at NTID is partnering with information technology industry certification leader CompTIA to provide a full-time, 10-week hands-on training course at no cost for deaf and hard-of-hearing adult learners.
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January 31, 2022
Makerspace complex will transform center of campus
The largest construction project on the RIT campus in more than 50 years remains on track to open in fall 2023. When complete, the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) will cover more than 120,000 square feet of new construction as well as more than 83,000 square feet of renovations in two existing buildings.
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January 31, 2022
Performing artists take center stage at RIT
RIT is well on its way to developing the leading performing arts program in the nation for non-majors, attracting talented and creative students who can continue their passions for music, dance, theater, and other performing arts.
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January 31, 2022
RIT/NTID to offer certificate in Deaf interpreting
A non-credit Certificate in Deaf Interpreting (CIDI) will be offered by NTID in the 2022-2023 academic year. The 20-week program runs from September 2022 to April 2023 and trains Deaf professionals to interpret in a variety of discourses.
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January 29, 2022
Hitting the Books: The decades-long fight to bring live television to deaf audiences
Engadget discusses the history of closed captioning and the book Turn on the Words! Deaf Audiences, Captions, and the Long Struggle for Access, by NTID Professor Emeritus Harry G. Lang.
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January 28, 2022
Using dance to break down racial barriers
WROC-TV talks to Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance in NTID's Department for Performing Arts.
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January 27, 2022
RIT students to perform in Ovation
RIT students will have a chance to show their talents and compete for cash prizes during Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase, from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Robert F. Panara Theatre in Lyndon Baines Hall. It is one of several events for this year’s 10-day FreezeFest festival.