News

May 1, 2017

Interactive app sheds light on deaf pioneers

“Deaf Pioneers Adventure App Development” takes viewers on an interactive journey alongside Laura Redden Searing, a deaf 19th-century journalist and poet.
May 1, 2017

‘Switched at Birth’ star to visit RIT

Sean Berdy, best known for his portrayal of the “Deaf James Dean” character Emmett on Freeform’s Switched at Birth, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Panara Theatre.
May 1, 2017

BAGMAG wins top prize in Next Big Idea competition

Four teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID went head-to-head April 26 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition. BAGMAG, a hands-free solution for making skateboards easily portable on the back of a backpack, won first place.
April 25, 2017

NTID alumna is featured Lyon lecture presenter

Sasha Lakshmi Ponappa, director of the Program for Deaf Adults at LaGuardia Community College, will present “Finding Social Justice a Meaningful Home in Academia” as part of the Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series.
April 25, 2017

Dyer Arts Center chosen for art conservation effort

NTID’s Dyer Arts Center is one of 75 institutions from across the United States selected to participate in the inaugural year of the Collections Assessment for Preservation program, which assists museums in improving the care of their collections.
April 13, 2017

Venture Creations companies advance in competition

Four clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT have advanced to the final round of the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition.
March 29, 2017

A bright new day for NTID's Sunshine 2.0

RIT/NTID alumnus Fred Michael Beam finds connections where others may not. As the coordinator of RIT/NTID’s traveling performance troupe Sunshine 2.0, Beam connects performing arts and science, technology, engineering and math—or STEM—themes, for deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing children and adults around the country.
March 24, 2017

RIT/NTID segment on WXXI program wins award

A segment on WXXI’s Arts InFocus featuring RIT’s Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at NTID has won a bronze Telly Award, which recognizes distinction in local, regional and cable TV programs and commercials, as well as video and film productions.
March 17, 2017

Stamp dedication event honors Robert Panara

The First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Robert Panara two-ounce Forever stamp will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, in Panara Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.
March 7, 2017

NTID professor first U.S. scientist in EACH program

Todd Pagano, professor of chemistry and associate dean for Teaching and Scholarship Excellence at NTID, was the first faculty member from RIT—and the first U.S. scientist—to participate in the Excellence in Analytical CHemistry (EACH) program.
March 6, 2017

NTID to offer degree in 3-D graphics technology

NTID has been granted approval by the New York State Education Department to establish a new degree program in 3-D graphics technology. Beginning this fall, RIT/NTID will become the first college to offer this kind of associate degree program to deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
February 15, 2017

RIT to receive I-Corps grant

A partnership between NTID and the Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship will use National Science Foundation funding to provide support for deaf and hard-of-hearing STEM entrepreneurs.