News by Topic: Deaf Community

From an early age, Jason Listman knew that he was called to serve and help people navigate through their challenges. But it was a connection with an RIT/NTID professor that steered him into the classroom, where he would soon stand out as an instructor, mentor, and facilitator.

WROC-TV talks to Jill Bradbury, department chair of NTID's Department for Performing Arts, about the Big Read community project.

In Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic, villagers’ deafness becomes an act of revolt against a totalitarian government, and their use of sign language unites them as a community. These themes, along with others throughout the book, resonate with the contemporary experience of deafness in the United States.

WVLT-TV features an event with Sunshine 2.0.

WROC-TV highlights students Anna Nack, Ethan Morrobel, and Gavin Morrobel, who were named Cochlear Foundation National Inspirers.

Education Week interviews Alicia Wooten '11 (biomedical sciences) and Christopher Kurz, professor in NTID's MS in secondary education program, about sign language and scientific concepts.

Fox Rochester interviews Jill Bradbury, department chair of NTID's Department for Performing Arts, about National Deaf History Month and the Big Read community project.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences blog features the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) project at RIT.

Spectrum News features the Deaf Day of Play, held at The Strong in partnership with NTID.

NTID is partnering with Rochester Museum & Science Center for Deaf Night on April 12 at RMSC. The event will provide an accessible and friendly experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the community.

Spectrum News talks to student Gavin Morrobel and Catherine Lewis, director of RIT’s Disability Services office, about RIT's Disability Leadership Scholars program.

WXXI features Thomas Warfield, director of dance and senior lecturer in NTID’s Department for Performing Arts.