News by Topic: Deaf Community
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September 21, 2021
RIT earns three accessibility awards from software giant Microsoft
RIT has risen to new heights when it comes to improving upon and providing cutting-edge accessibility solutions by being named a Microsoft Accessible University as part of its latest initiative. RIT is one of only six universities in the United States to receive the designation.
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September 21, 2021
RIT awarded nearly $2 million for NSF Research Traineeship Program, AWARE-AI
To help address a lack of diversity, as well as gaps in AI curricula, RIT was awarded a grant of nearly $2 million by the NSF to create a new research traineeship program for graduate students
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September 8, 2021
RIT offerings at this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
RIT students, faculty, and staff will contribute music, dance, comedy, poetry, photojournalism, and more during the 10th Annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, which begins Tuesday and continues through Sept. 25 in downtown Rochester.
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September 2, 2021
Deaf Culture Night returns to Frontier Field Thursday
WROC-TV features Deaf Culture Night, a partnership with NTID, Rochester School for the Deaf, and the Rochester Red Wings.
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August 25, 2021
RIT's Peace Corps Prep program to open doors for deaf community
WHEC-TV talks to Maya Penn '18 (psychology), a graduate student studying secondary education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, about RIT's Peace Corps Prep program.
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August 24, 2021
RIT, Gillibrand seek fed funds to make cybersecurity program inclusive
City Newspaper features U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's visit to NTID to advocate for more federal funding.
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August 23, 2021
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand advocates for significant funding increase for NTID in FY2022
NTID welcomed U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to campus Aug. 23 to announce her recommendation for $89.7 million in funding for the college in Fiscal Year 2022, an $8.2 million increase from Fiscal Year 2021.
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August 23, 2021
Gillibrand pushing for almost $90M in funding for NTID
WHEC-TV features U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's visit to NTID to advocate for more federal funding.
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August 23, 2021
RIT receives Peace Corps Prep designation
RIT has received the “Peace Corps Prep” designation, enabling its students to take certain classes to better prepare them for service in the Peace Corps upon graduation. RIT is the first university in Western New York to receive the designation, and the fifth in the state.
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August 5, 2021
RIT/NTID partners with Rochester Red Wings for Deaf Culture Day Sept. 2
The Rochester Red Wings baseball team are partnering with RIT/NTID and Rochester School for the Deaf to host the second Deaf Culture Day at Frontier Field, on Thursday, Sept. 2.
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July 30, 2021
Shakespeare in Sign
Humanities, the magazine of The National Endowment for the Humanities, features Jill Bradbury, chair, NTID Department for Performing Arts.
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July 28, 2021
Lessons from segregated schools can help make today’s classrooms more inclusive
Essay by Sara Schley, research faculty member at NTID, published by The Conversation and republished by Yahoo News.