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  • December 12, 2016

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    NTID alumnus establishes student workshop series

    Marc Roer of Chicago has established a fund to provide a series of workshops that focus on students’ “soft skills” and practical use of today’s technology for career success.

  • December 9, 2016

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    RIT expands agreement with University in China

    Tianjin University of Technology of China, a nationally recognized leader for its programs in engineering, technology and the arts and the first technological university providing education for the deaf in China, has entered into new partnership with RIT.

  • November 28, 2016

    Portrait of Robert Panara on stamp

    Robert Panara to be immortalized on postage stamp

    Educator and icon Robert Panara, the first deaf faculty member of NTID, is being honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a stamp. The stamp features a photograph of Panara signing the word “respect” taken by RIT/NTID photographer Mark Benjamin.

  • November 21, 2016

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    Graduate works to educate through her artwork

    Remy Glock ’11 (graphic design) is using typography as a medium to educate people on the overlooked challenges of the deaf community, particularly those that arise in professional environments.

  • November 21, 2016

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    Program helps Native American scholars thrive

    The Future Stewards Program is the reason why RIT is recognized as one of the top schools in the country for Native American students. Through the program, Native scholars are recruited to RIT, supported while on campus and encouraged to be active in the future of their tribal communities.

  • November 21, 2016

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    Program encourages NTID students to pursue Ph.D.s

    The Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program helps eligible students enrolled in master’s programs at RIT prepare and apply for doctoral programs in behavioral or biomedical science.

  • November 11, 2016

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    RIT names three new members to Board of Trustees

    Darshan Hiranandani, managing director of Hiranandani Group of Companies; Andrew Jacobson, enrolled agent at Maverick Business Services (retired); and Christopher Lehfeldt, dentist at Elmwood Dental Group PC and Finger Lakes Community Health, were named to RIT’s Board of Trustees on Nov. 10.

  • November 7, 2016

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    Gallery features work by deaf nature photographer

    The Dyers Arts Center is hosting “Adventures Around the World” through Dec. 3 with images by accomplished mountain climber Jose Saldana, who is known for his breathtaking images of the world’s mountain ranges and the people who call them home.

  • October 31, 2016

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    Program highlights sustaining natural resources

    The “Sustenance” presentation is part of the 20/20 Research in Focus series, one of several initiatives to highlight RIT’s commitment to faculty career development, including research being done by female faculty.

  • October 12, 2016

    NTID awarded grant for educational training

    The $443,200 grant from the National Science Foundation will help Sara Schley, co-director of NTID’s Research Center for Teaching and Learning, and her team develop an “accessibility toolkit” for STEM faculty who teach classes in which deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students are present.

  • October 6, 2016

    NTID audiologist earns Oticon Focus on People award

    Catherine Clark, an audiologist and faculty member at NTID, is among the individuals honored by the 2016 Oticon Focus on People Awards, a national competition that celebrates people who are helping to eliminate negative stereotypes of what it means to be deaf or hard of hearing.

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