News
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December 10, 2020
RIT's theater production goes virtual
WHAM-TV talks to Luane Davis Haggerty, Dan Roache, Thomas Warfield about NTID's production of Spoon River Anthologies.
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December 10, 2020
NTID virtual production examines past pandemic life
Fox Rochester reports on NTID's production of Spoon River Anthologies.
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December 4, 2020
Podcast: Accessibility in Higher Education
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 41: RIT is considered to be one of the most accessible college campuses in the world. NTID President Gerry Buckley and RIT Director of Disability Services Catherine Lewis chat about how that accessibility came to be, including the signing of the landmark 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act.
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December 4, 2020
RIT/NTID student Trinity McFadden has eyes on politics
Trinity McFadden, a criminal justice major, spent last summer and fall semester working as a campaign intern for newly elected Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper.
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December 4, 2020
RIT rolls out new Slack Enterprise Grid as collaboration tool for academic and business needs
RIT is offering an expanded version of Slack, the popular interactive software, with features to improve coursework and project collaborations. Slack Enterprise Grid, the comprehensive version, offers several upgrades.
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December 3, 2020
Deaf Community Faces Further Barriers To Communication During COVID-19
The Transcontinental Times talks to Scott Gentzke, assistant director of RIT/NTID Student Life, about RIT's communication methods, testing, and use of see-through masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 1, 2020
RIT/NTID interpreting program earns national accreditation
RIT’s ASL-English interpretation program has achieved accreditation through the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education and now is one of only 16 accredited bachelor’s degree interpreting programs in the United States.
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November 20, 2020
‘Spoon River Anthology’ finds life at RIT
A story written 100 years ago featuring epitaphs from dozens of deceased individuals is finding life this week as Spoon River Anthology premieres Saturday virtually on YouTube for the fall production from NTID.
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November 17, 2020
Starbucks barista uses drive-thru to communicate with deaf patron
Today.com features Brianna Roth, a second-year ASL-English interpretation student and Starbucks employee.
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November 13, 2020
Anna Murray Douglass art installation to be unveiled Friday
An art installation depicting Anna Murray Douglass, the first wife of famed social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, will be unveiled today at the site of where the couple lived at 297 Alexander St. in Rochester from 1848 to 1851. The piece was funded by RIT.
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November 10, 2020
Starbucks barista praised after ‘amazing’ encounter with deaf customer: ‘Give this woman a raise’
Yahoo features Brianna Roth, a second-year ASL-English interpretation student and Starbucks employee.
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November 9, 2020
COVID Update: Alert Level Moves to Orange
This past weekend we continued to experience a rise of COVID-19. Rates of infection have increased to the point where we must elevate our COVID Alert Level to Orange. This will prompt changes in the way we operate for the remainder of the semester.