News
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September 11, 2025
Rochester Red Wings unveil custom jerseys for Deaf Culture Night at Innovative Field
WHAM-TV highlights the apparel, which was produced specifically for Deaf Culture Night.
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September 8, 2025
RIT's Big Shot heads to Buffalo’s Highmark Stadium for historic photo event
Democrat and Chronicle speaks to Dan Hughes, lecturer in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, and Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in NTID’s visual communications studies department, about the event.
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September 5, 2025
NTID leader: ‘Deaf President Now’ film captures significance of protest at Gallaudet University
WXXI speaks to NTID President Caroline Solomon about the importance of the documentary.
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August 29, 2025
RIT/NTID Performing Arts Presents The 39 Steps, November 2025
RIT’s NTID Performing Arts will present Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller…with a hilarious twist, The 39 Steps, November 7-9. This thrilling comedy, based on Hitchcock’s classic film. The production will be staged at the Robert F. Panara Theatre on the RIT campus, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7–8 and 2:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 8–9.
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August 29, 2025
RIT/NTID, Fulbright Commission establish grant for international study in Italy
The US-Italy Fulbright Commission, Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and the Assistance Center for Deaf and Deafblind Children (CABSS), signed an international agreement establishing the Fulbright-Roberto Wirth Grant in Deaf Education Studies at National Technical Institute for the Deaf/RIT.
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August 27, 2025
Big Shot 37 set to touch down at Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium
On Saturday, Oct. 11, the Big Shot will return for its 37th event to illuminate the Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium. RIT and the Bills invite the community to shine a light on the interior of the stadium to document the iconic location before it closes, making way for a new stadium set to open in 2026.
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August 20, 2025
RIT/NTID’s Pamela Conley receives Fulbright Specialist Award
Pamela Conley, associate professor in the Department of Liberal Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, has been chosen for a Fulbright Specialist Program award.
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August 12, 2025
Deaf scientist prepares to lead NTID
Rochester Beacon interviews incoming NTID President Caroline Solomon.
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August 7, 2025
Who needs arts critics in 2025?
Katherine Varga, real-time captionist for NTID and adjunct playwriting professor for the Department of English, was a panelist on WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson, discussing the state of arts criticism.
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August 6, 2025
Aug. 5 might be one of the shortest days of the year: Here's why
Jason Nordhaus, associate professor in the Department of Science and Mathematics, talks to Good Morning America about changes in Earth's rotation rates.
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July 29, 2025
ASL interpreter goes viral during a performance of 'Hamilton'
ABC News speaks to ASL Interpreter Shiann Cook '21 (university studies) about her performance of Hamilton at an Ohio theater.
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July 28, 2025
Two new exhibits at NTID Dyer Arts Center showing through Sept. 19
Two new exhibits designed to deepen visitors’ understanding of the Deaf experience are on display through Sept. 19 in the Dyer Arts Center at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.