News by Topic: Deaf Community
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August 1, 2023
NTID program helping deaf, hard-of-hearing students explore STEM careers
Spectrum News features NTID’s Explore Your Future camp, a six-day program for deaf and hard-of-hearing students from all over, to explore possible careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).
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July 27, 2023
Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard
An essay in The Conversation mentions Deaf musician Sean Forbes ’08 (applied arts and sciences).
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July 17, 2023
A new start after 60: I lost my hearing, found a community and began an adventure
The Guardian features Barbara Earth, postdoctoral associate in NTID.
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July 11, 2023
5 Places to Visit in New York State Run by Incredible Leaders with Disabilities
ILoveNY.com features NTID's Dyer Arts Center and Director Fran Flaherty.
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July 7, 2023
Brodner holds the keys to the SHED
In only a few weeks, the SHED will open to the RIT community, and Tiffany Brodner is preparing for her new role overseeing the multi-use facility.
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June 21, 2023
RIT receives U.S. State Department grant to increase diversity in study abroad opportunities
RIT is one of 34 U.S. colleges and universities to be awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program. RIT received $35,000 for its initiative European Deaf Culture: A Pilot Program in Community Engaged Learning.
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June 20, 2023
Sign-Speak joins AWS Impact Accelerator
The Rochester Beacon features Nikolas Kelly '20 (supply chain management), co-founder and chief product officer of Sign-Speak, and Nicholas Wilkins '19 (computational mathematics), '19 MS (computer science).
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June 6, 2023
RIT/NTID and School of Performing Arts present 2023-2024 theatrical season
The 2023-2024 theatrical season featuring a partnership between RIT’s School of Performing Arts and NTID's Department of Performing Arts will include a celebration of Deaf rap and hip hop, an adaptation of Hamlet, a multimedia dance production, and several immersive theatrical performances, among others.
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May 31, 2023
Meet Amie Fornah Sankoh, The First Deaf Black Woman With A Doctorate In STEM
Yahoo News features Amie Fornah Sankoh '17 (biochemistry).
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May 30, 2023
Black graduate students with disabilities defy the odds
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch features Amie Fornah Sankoh '17 (biochemistry). (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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May 20, 2023
Sunshine 2.0 brings deaf theatre performance tour to Santa Maria
The Santa Maria Times features NTID's Sunshine 2.0 theater group in a photo gallery.
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May 17, 2023
Graduate Sophia Williams wins Fulbright award to pursue graduate education in the UK
The earliest written record of hearing loss is believed to date from 1550 BC in ancient Egypt, and written evidence for early sign language and changing attitudes toward deaf individuals comes from Plato in 350 BC—but, according to Sophia Williams ’23, there isn’t much that reflects the significance of these findings in archaeological scholarship. Williams received a Fulbright U.S. Student Award to fund her graduate education at University of York so she can help fill this gap of knowledge.