News by Topic: Deaf Community

RIT will highlight graduate student scholarship during the 14th annual Graduate Education Week and Showcase, April 4–8. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Redefining Possibilities–Graduate Students on the Move.”

NTID’s Department of Performing Arts presents its production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights, April 15-17, at Panara Theatre, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall. Directed by Principle Lecturer Luane Davis Haggerty, NTID’s production features deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing actors performing on stage simultaneously.

The Democrat and Chronicle interviews Denise Kavin, assistant dean for outreach, placement and special projects at NTID, about the movie CODA.

WXXI interviews Denise Kavin, assistant dean for outreach, placement and special projects at NTID, about the movie CODA.

It was a memorable and historic Academy Awards for Hollywood and a number of RIT alumni at the 94th Oscars from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.

WHEC-TV interviews Lisa DeWindt-Sommer, senior counselor/academic advisor at NTID, and her daughter, RIT student and CODA Kaitlin Sommer, about the movie CODA.

WHAM-TV interviews Denise Kavin, assistant dean for outreach, placement and special projects at NTID, and RIT/NTID students about the movie CODA and their experiences as “children of deaf adults.”

The New York Times interviews RIT/NTID faculty researcher Wendy Dannels and human-computer interaction graduate student Roshan Mathew about assistive technology for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Spectrum News features the Deaf Day of Play.

WHEC-TV features the Deaf Day of Play.

WHAM-TV features the Deaf Day of Play.

WXXI interviews Gerry Buckley, NTID president and RIT vice president and dean, about a boost in federal funding for NTID.