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October 10, 2017
Job fair connects deaf students with employers
Representatives from more than 40 local and national corporations, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations will meet with hundreds of deaf and hard-of-hearing students—who are also prospective employees—at the 17th annual NTID job fair on Oct. 18. -
October 4, 2017
2017 Distinguished Alumni: Meet Barbara Ray and Samuel Holcomb
Meet Barbara Ray ’74, ’84 and Samuel ’77 Holcomb, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 2017 Distinguished Alumni. -
September 25, 2017
NTID partners with Environmental Protection Agency
Deaf and hard-of-hearing students attending NTID will benefit from enhanced educational and career opportunities in the environmental sciences, thanks to a memorandum of understanding between the college and the Environmental Protection Agency. -
September 21, 2017
International Week of the Deaf celebration
RIT will raise the Sign Union flag on Friday to commemorate International Week of the Deaf. -
September 12, 2017
Dyer Arts Center features Arte del Corazón exhibit
For the first time, the Dyer Arts Center will feature the artwork of Latinx deaf artists during the Arte del Corazón exhibit, which runs through Dec. 16. -
September 5, 2017
NTID receives Motorola Solutions Foundation grant
NTID received a grant for $30,000 from the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions Inc. Through the grant, NTID will support a new initiative to encourage students to enroll in NTID’s new mobile application development program. -
August 8, 2017
NTID gets $2.6M to study language outcomes
NTID was awarded a $2.6 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health to study the neurological, linguistic and behavioral outcomes for deaf individuals after childhood—the first study of its kind with college-age adults. -
August 3, 2017
Graduate finds strength through bodybuilding
Deaf bodybuilder and fitness writer Alexandra Dunek ’14 is sharing her story of struggle and triumph to help inspire others who may be going through trying times of their own. -
August 2, 2017
Book highlights deaf Americans in Civil War
Harry Lang, NTID professor emeritus, will host a discussion and book signing on Sept. 6 for his latest book, Fighting in the Shadows: The Untold Story of Deaf People in the Civil War. -
July 14, 2017
NTID gets $1M for deaf scientists-in-training program
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to RIT that is expected to provide $1.025 million in funding over five years to develop a Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates. -
July 12, 2017
RIT/NTID names Student Life Team director
Marvin “Tim” Albert has been named director of NTID’s Student Life Team and will supervise and oversee co-curricular events including clubs and Greek life for RIT/NTID’s 1,200 deaf and hard-of-hearing students. -
July 11, 2017
NTID names director of diversity and inclusion
Stephanie Smith Albert has been named the first director of diversity and inclusion at NTID. She most recently was the director of student life at Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus, Ohio.