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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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

WROC-TV talks to Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance in NTID's Department for Performing Arts.

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.

The fall production of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches will be offered in streaming format this weekend. The streamed performances will include American Sign Language, spoken English, and captions.

WXXI features NTID alumna Arlene Sankey and Richard Dirmyer, AVP of NTID's Institutional Analytics and Assessment.

WXXI's "Ear Shot" podcast features NTID alumna Arlene Sankey and Richard Dirmyer, AVP of NTID's Institutional Analytics and Assessment. (Transcript not viewable in Firefox.)

Trib Live features NTID alumnus Dan Cook, host of a new game show that features contestants learning American Sign Language.

RIT’s annual Let Freedom Ring event has been rescheduled to take place from 12-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Ingle Auditorium. The event was originally planned to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but was rescheduled when RIT closed due to a powerful winter storm.