News by Topic: Deaf Community
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January 24, 2018
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The Wonderful World of Oz comes to RIT/NTID
The performing arts department at NTID presents The Wonderful World of Oz, April 19-22, with encore performances June 28-July 1 in celebration of NTID's 50th-anniversary reunion celebration. -
January 5, 2018
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RIT to digitize rare videos about ASL poetry and literature
NTID will digitize and make publicly accessible more than 60 videotapes held in the RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive that document the ASL poetry and literature movement in Rochester from 1970 through 2011. -
January 5, 2018
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NTID establishes first NSF Deaf College Innovation Bowl
Deaf and hard-of-hearing college students with innovative product ideas can compete to earn cash and business expertise in NTID's NSF Deaf College Innovation Bowl, sponsored by a National Science Foundation I-Corps grant. -
December 13, 2017
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Learn about RIT's entrepreneurial ecosystem and leadership in cybersecurity
RIT provides a unique, multidisciplinary ecosystem aimed at promoting and supporting innovation and entrepreneurial endeavors as well as leadership in cybersecurity education. -
November 28, 2017
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Researchers make big splash at computing accessibility conference
RIT was well-represented at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ASSETS conference in early November, with more than a dozen faculty and students presenting projects in the field of computing accessibility. -
November 10, 2017
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Student Spotlight: Meet the Beast
Kendall Charles, a fourth-year computing and information technologies major from Opelousas, La., is playing the role of Beast in NTID’s production of The Story of Beauty and the Beast. -
October 31, 2017
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NTID signs agreement with college in the Philippines
NTID and De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (CSB) in the Philippines have signed a formal memorandum of understanding in order to strengthen their cultural, educational and research ties. -
October 30, 2017
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RIT hosts Native American Heritage Month events
Renowned photographer Matika Wilbur will headline a series of events planned by RIT’s Native American Future Stewards Program to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. -
October 24, 2017
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NTID presents adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast
The Performing Arts program at NTID will present a dance and music adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast, conceived by Thomas Warfield, director of NTID's dance department. -
October 22, 2017
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Researchers study how deaf people learn, grow
The Center on Cognition and Language, created in 2016, is the only center of its kind in the world led by a deaf director and staffed primarily by deaf researchers. -
October 22, 2017
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Finding ways to enhance learning for deaf students
NTID researchers are working to improve education and provide more support for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
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October 12, 2017
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Dyer Arts Center celebrates William ‘Lee’ Hoag
The 25th anniversary of William “Lee” Hoag’s first art show is being celebrated this fall with a new show in the Ohringer Gallery of the Dyer Arts Center at NTID.
