News by Topic: Deaf Community

January 4, 2016

RIT now considered national "Doctoral University"

Rochester Institute of Technology is now considered a “Doctoral University” by the leading national classification of U.S. colleges and universities.
December 11, 2015

RIT to build national STEM diversity alliance

RIT has received a $270,225 grant from the National Science Foundation to establish an alliance among independent diversity programs at universities across the country.
December 3, 2015

Alumnus completes ASL typeface after 42 years

Peter A. Blacksberg ’75 (photography) became fascinated by fingerspelling as a student and spent the next 42 years crafting a modern typeface for American Sign Language.
November 17, 2015

Dyer Arts Center exhibits black deaf innovators

The Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at NTID hosts two exhibits on innovative black deaf artists this fall and winter.
November 12, 2015

Author Elijah Wald to discuss Bob Dylan on Nov. 23

Elijah Wald, author of Dylan goes Electric: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties, will discuss his book at RIT on Nov. 23.
November 11, 2015

RIT hosts third Effective Access Tech Conference

More than 50 exhibitors and poster presenters came together yesterday to share ideas and innovative solutions at RIT’s third annual Effective Access Technology Conference.
October 30, 2015

NTID 50th anniversary reunion dates announced

The 50th anniversary of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf will culminate in a reunion on campus June 28 through July 1, 2018.
October 22, 2015

Nearly 400 students attend RIT/NTID job fair

Representatives from more than 45 local and national corporations, federal agencies and non-profit organizations met with 400 deaf or hard-of-hearing students yesterday.
October 20, 2015

Robert Latorre headlines conference Oct. 23

Award-winning photographer Robert Latorre, inventor of ’The Big Freeze’ camera system, will headline the RIT Entrepreneurs Conference on Oct. 23.
October 13, 2015

Lecture on Disney visual communication Oct. 29

Design expert and RIT/NTID alumnus Andreas Wezel-Peterson will share his insight into the communication design process at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29.
October 13, 2015

RIT/NTID earns grant for sign-language research

NTID has been awarded a $77,465 grant from the National Science Foundation that will improve opportunities for deaf students interested in conducting sign-language research.
October 12, 2015

CAST to honor alumni, industry leaders

Eight alumni and long-time supporters of CAST will be presented awards to commemorate service to its School of International Hospitality and Service Innovation.

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