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Learn more about our unmatched opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Our Mission
NTID was established in 1965 to provide degree programs designed specifically for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to enter technical and professional fields, and to propel them to success in their careers and in life.
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Meet the President and Dean
NTID has revolutionized education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Everything we do is focused on providing the education and experiences these students need to pursue their goals and lead successful lives. No other university in the world provides better support for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and no other college provides better outcomes.
Faces of RIT
Visual Exploration
As outreach coordinator for Sunshine 2.0, a theater group at RIT's National Institute for the Deaf, Beam and his troupe provide performances and activities for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults that highlight the fields of deaf culture, literacy, and STEM.
Medicine's Future
By working on a faculty-guided research project, Pannullo has gained hands-on research experience to pursue a future in regenerative medicine. It’s one way Pannullo is putting experiential learning to work.
Picture Perfect
With only a split second to get the perfect shot, Hamilton's passion for capturing emotion is an asset to creating authentic images in the moment.
Bringing Deaf Culture to the Big Screen
Walker wants to share Deaf and hard-of-hearing stories to bridge the gap between cultures and represent the Deaf community in Hollywood.
Latest News
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August 15, 2019
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RIT/NTID, World Federation of the Deaf sign formal cooperation agreement
The agreement aims to continue and strengthen the relationship between the world’s first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students and the global deaf rights organization.
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August 6, 2019
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RIT/NTID hosts conference on literary and artistic works about deaf experiences, Nov. 6-9
Scholars, students, deaf cultural studies and sign language teachers, artists, playwrights, filmmakers, poets, writers and historians will make their way to NTID in November for an international conference focusing on examining literary and artistic works about deaf experiences.
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August 6, 2019
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Wagners honored as Volunteers of the Year
Chris ’94 (social work) and Staci ’92 (social work) Wagner have been named the recipients of RIT’s 2019 Volunteer of the Year award in recognition of their efforts. They will be honored at the Presidents’ Alumni Ball during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend on Oct. 18.
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August 6, 2019
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Alumni Update: RIT alumna is U.S. Army Brigadier General
Brigadier General Stacy Babcock ’91 (criminal justice) ’96 (educational interpreting) ’98 MS (instructional technology) assumed duties earlier this year as the Deputy Commanding General at the 63rd Readiness Division in Mountain View, Calif.
![You're invited! NTID & COLA Performing Arts Fall Open House & BBQ on Thursday, August 29th from 2:30pm-5:30pm at the Fireside Lounge, Student Alumni Union building.
See you there!
Open to all RIT/NTID students. Interpreters have been requested. Please email performingarts@rit.edu with any questions. [Image description: flyer with black, white, and purple background and three diagonal sections across the page containing images and text. First column contains image of two people each playing saxophone, the second column contains image of a female vocalist (top) two people sitting on a couch (center) and a female actor (bottom), the third column contains an actor signing/acting on stage (top). In the center and bottom of page, text is as above. At the bottom of the flyer are a logo for RIT College of Liberal Arts and a logo for NTID Performing Arts.]](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/b57d60c552f333f3b6848a79910cba39/5DF65116/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/67907247_518641648905941_8161607550766409589_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com)
