News by Topic: Deaf Community

Forbes highlights the career of Michelle Schaefer '13 (secondary education), a Deaf actor, writer and filmmaker, who works to show that true diversity includes individuals with disabilities.

The dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is praised for his research credentials, success in global partnerships and entrepreneurship, and strong student engagement. He starts at RIT July 1.

Linguists face a resource gap for studying visual prosody and its grammatical and emotional functions in sign languages, and for creating AI systems capable of processing visual prosody. Faculty members affiliated with RIT’s Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science aim to fill that gap through Deaf scientist-centered research.

WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson speaks with NTID President Gerard Buckley about inclusive disaster preparedness.

Spectrum News speaks to USA deaf women’s volleyball player Grace Phelan about training at RIT, home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

WHAM-TV speaks to RIT men's volleyball player Zain Shahid about the game.

WXXI News speaks to Amanda Picioli, director of NTID Communication Studies and Services, about the benefits of the AirPods Pro 2 for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.

NHL.com speaks with Noah Blankenship '20 (MBA) about the importance of accessibility and inclusion in sports commentary.

Emma Kane, a third-year public policy major, has spent the past year working at the Deaf Health Laboratory, led by the mentors at the Deaf Health Care and Biomedical Sciences Hub (Deaf Hub) at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Chris Soukup, a graduate student in the RIT Executive MBA program, is the CEO of Communication Service for the Deaf, a nonprofit organization that provides resources and services to benefit the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community in the employment sector.

CEOs, Chief Financial Officers, and Chief Technology Officers are among the 12 RIT alumni honored with Distinguished Alumni Awards for the 2024-2025 year.

NTID President Gerard Buckley, who made history as the first RIT/NTID alumnus to become president of the college, has announced his intention to step down in summer 2025 after leading the National Technical Institute for the Deaf for 15 years. His tenure as NTID president caps a career in higher education spanning more than 40 years.