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WGBH.org interviews Jill Bradbury, chair of NTID's Department of Performing Arts, about translating Shakespeare into sign language.

A panel of professionals representing all aspects of Deaf education have been named to the advisory board of Project Fast Forward, a program at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Funding for the board was made possible through a grant from Microsoft Corp.

WROC-TV talks to Amanda Picioli, director of NTID Communication Studies and Services, about increased access to hearing aids.

Essay written by Hinda Mandell, professor in the School of Communication, published by The Boston Globe.

RIT President David Munson welcomed the community for the start of a new academic year with a call to re-energize the campus’s atmosphere to its pre-pandemic level. During his annual President’s Address in Ingle Auditorium this morning, Munson encouraged all RIT faculty, staff, and students to make a new academic year resolution to spend more time face-to-face with one another.

More than 50 first-year RIT students from underrepresented populations launched their college careers early this summer. The students participated in RIT’s Division of Diversity and Inclusion (DDI) Summer Experience, a four-week program to help students successfully transition to college.

Khaleej Times profiles RIT graduate Zulfa Rasheed, who is challenging vocational traditions and proving that the worlds of art and engineering can unite in one career path.

Underserved students from the city of Rochester with a strong interest in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology recently participated in an immersive, weeklong course at RIT to learn the latest about digital currency through its RIT Certified initiative.

Art in America highlights Joshua Rashaad McFadden, assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

A hospitality workforce training program run by Saunders College of Business is responding both to the needs of underserved immigrants and refugees seeking meaningful work and an industry that has been devastated by staff shortages wrought by the pandemic.

The Undergraduate Research Symposium, RIT’s annual showcase of innovative projects, takes place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 28 and more than 200 students are expected to participate. The event will feature some of the best in undergraduate research ideas and solutions.

The New York Post mentions Clayton Turner ’90 (electrical engineering), director of NASA Langley Research Center and RIT trustee who mentored Alena Analeigh Wicker, 13, the youngest black student to ever be accepted to medical school, while she interned at NASA.