News by Topic: Deaf Community

Rochester Business Journal covers the announcement of NTID's next president, Caroline Solomon.

WXXI reports on incoming NTID President Caroline Solomon.

The dean of faculty at Gallaudet University will begin her tenure at RIT/NTID on Aug. 18. Solomon will become the first woman to lead the college in its nearly 60-year history.

Interpreter Richard “Smitty” Smith will retire after 46 years at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

The campus may seem quiet, but RIT Facilities Management Services is in high gear, racing to complete over 100 construction projects before students return in late August.

Market Watch talks with James Mallory, professor at NTID, about how people could use artificial intelligence to handle complex financial calculations that previously required extensive spreadsheet work.

WHAM-TV highlights the graduation of the first Deaf Community Emergency Response Team class in Rochester, developed in collaboration with NTID to empower deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in emergency preparedness.

WHEC-TV discusses the role of the Deaf CERT program, created in partnership with NTID, in equipping Rochester's deaf and hard of hearing residents with disaster response skills to bridge communication gaps with first responders.

WROC-TV showcases the inaugural graduation of Monroe County’s Deaf CERT class, developed in collaboration with NTID, which aims to enhance emergency response inclusivity for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

Science speaks to Michelle Koplitz '08 (biotechnology), Sara Blick-Nitko '17 (professional studies), and Wyatte Hall '08 (psychology) about the impact of budget cuts on the Deaf Scientists Pipeline.

NPR's All Things Considered talks to NTID President Gerry Buckley and Sara Blick-Nitko '17 (professional studies) about the impact of losing federal grant funding.

Ellie Warren came to RIT with the goal of becoming trilingual. Now fluent in English, American Sign Language, and Spanish, her next stop is medical school.