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EdTech talks to Ed Lucas, lecturer in the Department of Information and Computing Studies, about automatic speech recognition.

KMSP-TV selects Tracy Ivy '09 (secondary education for students who are deaf or hard of hearing) as a Top Teacher.

City Newspaper talks to NTID interpreters Kim Billyard and Terri Reisinger, Blake Nitko '14 (advertising and public relations), and Sara Blick-Nitko '17 (professional studies) about the pivotal role of performance interpreters in providing accessibility and inclusivity for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community at local music festivals.

At RIT, robots are learning to read the room—especially rooms with humans. Improved communication between robots and people is part of the human-centered philosophy that anchors much of RIT’s work in robotics.

Michael Rizzolo didn’t plan on learning American Sign Language when he came to RIT as a student, but he grew interested and eventually became an interpreter. Today, he is founder and CEO of the interpreting agency Interpretek.

ScienceNews talks to Rain Bosworth, associate professor in the Department of Liberal Studies, about her research.

Artificial intelligence, robots, glass blowing, virtual reality, and performing arts were just a sampling of what thousands of visitors experienced at the 2024 Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival on April 27.

Broadway World talks to Jill Bradbury, professor in NTID's Department for Performing Arts, about the impact of the endowment.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf has been awarded $99,755 Research Grants in the Arts by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support a mixed-methods research study on the availability and effectiveness of access accommodations for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals experiencing live theater.

Montevallo, Alabama, School District itinerant teacher Alexandria Ried was named the recipient of the Edward L. Scouten Award for teaching by Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

WHAM-TV talks to Danny Maffia, senior lecturer in NTID's Department of ASL and Interpreting Education and director of Interpreting, about the event.

Spectrum News covers the Deaf Day of Play at the Strong National Museum of Play.