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WHAM-TV features the Deaf Day of Play.

WXXI interviews Gerry Buckley, NTID president and RIT vice president and dean, about a boost in federal funding for NTID.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced fiscal year 2022 funding he secured that will revitalize Rochester and the Finger Lakes region. Sen. Schumer highlighted significant funding in the amount of $88.5 million that NTID received in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill, a $7 million increase over fiscal year 2021, with $3 million of that increase going toward NTID’s Regional STEM Center efforts.

Film and Animation students Anna McClanahan (BFA) and Gabriel Ponte-Fleary (MFA) are finalists in Coca-Cola's Refreshing Films program. They are producing what is thought to be the program's first finalist film dealing with deaf and hard-of-hearing themes.

WROC-TV features “Deaf Day of Play,” hosted by NTID and The Strong.

NTID and The Strong have partnered to celebrate Deaf Awareness Month. On Sunday, March 20, students from NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education will provide ASL assistance at the museum’s admissions desk and its Skyline Climb high adventure course. And ASL tours of the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden will take place every hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
 

Broadway World features a partnership between NTID's Sunshine 2.0, Deaf West Theatre, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind.

NTID is providing summer program experiences designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing middle school and high school students. The programs are presented in American Sign Language and spoken English, are certified by the New York State Department of Health, and incorporate National Science Education Standards.

WROC-TV talks to RIT/NTID’s Regina Kiperman-Kiselgof about her effort to assist deaf people in Ukraine.

Two spring exhibits featured at the Dyer Arts Center at NTID highlight the uniqueness of deaf refugee art and the works of Deaf Canadian Persian sculptor and painter Maryam Hafizirad. Both exhibits are on display through April 1.

Julianne Young is a second-year student from Duxbury, Vt., enrolled in both NTID and in the School of Individualized Study. She created her major through SOIS to further her goal of entering audiology school after RIT. On top of her studies, Young is also a standout track athlete.

WHAM-TV talks to NTID student Raihiem Marshall and NTID Associate Professor Kim Kurz about the film CODA, which features NTID alumnus Daniel Durant.