News by Topic: Deaf Community

  • October 6, 2016

    NTID audiologist earns Oticon Focus on People award
    Catherine Clark, an audiologist and faculty member at NTID, is among the individuals honored by the 2016 Oticon Focus on People Awards, a national competition that celebrates people who are helping to eliminate negative stereotypes of what it means to be deaf or hard of hearing.

  • October 5, 2016

    RIT gets $1M grant to develop food waste solutions
    Callie Babbitt, an associate professor in RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has received a nearly $1 million award from the National Science Foundation to research sustainable solutions for minimizing and managing food waste generated across the food supply chain.

  • October 5, 2016

    Team poses together in matching orange polos.

    RIT honors outstanding staff members
    RIT honored employees for outstanding service and dedication to the university during its annual Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff ceremony today.

  • September 28, 2016

    NTID hosts job fair Oct. 19
    Representatives from more than 40 local and national corporations, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations will meet with hundreds of deaf and hard-of-hearing students—who are also prospective employees—at the 16th annual job fair on Oct. 19.

  • September 22, 2016

    students in an a cappella group singing with their hands outstretched.

    Fringe Festival continues this weekend

    The popular First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival continues through Saturday, offering hundreds of performances and displays in downtown Rochester, including many showcasing the talents of RIT students, faculty, staff and Osher members.

  • September 9, 2016

    Students, alumni nominated for GREAT Awards
    With six finalists, RIT will be well represented at the 2016 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards, presented by Digital Rochester Inc.

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