News by Topic: Deaf Community
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October 22, 2013
Alumnus returns as Edmund Lyon speaker
RIT/NTID alumnus Michael Bloomfield, database developer for BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, presents “Embrace Technology, Impact Your Career” on Thursday. -
October 18, 2013
Program teaches first-year students how to learn
RIT is launching a National Science Foundation-funded program to improve the retention of deaf, hard-of-hearing and first-generation undergraduates majoring in STEM fields. -
October 15, 2013
Professor to study how deaf students learn English
NTID Professor Gerald Berent received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how deaf college students learn and use English verbs. -
October 14, 2013
NTID’s Rosica Hall officially opens
After more than three years of planning and construction, Sebastian and Lenore Rosica Hall opened Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. -
October 3, 2013
Sponsored Research garners $47 million in funding
RIT received more than 400 new awards in the fiscal year 2013 from a variety of state, federal, corporate and foundation sponsors — a record for the university. -
October 1, 2013
NTID hosts job fair Oct. 10
Following a year in which 93 percent of its graduates found employment, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf will stage its 13th annual job fair. -
September 27, 2013
RIT/NTID student leader interns in D.C.
Alexander Van Hook completed a co-op this summer working for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, researching the benefits of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. -
September 20, 2013
Fall Career Fair set for Sept. 25
Employers from 250 companies will visit RIT to scout thousands of talented RIT students and alumni for full-time employment and co-op positions. -
September 11, 2013
Alumni organize fall art exhibit
Two RIT alumni will return to campus this fall as part of a group of five artists exhibiting at the Ohringer Gallery in the Dyer Arts Center. -
September 9, 2013
Hundreds of students enjoy NTID’s Apple Festival
The annual Apple Festival, put on by NTID’s Student Life Team since 1998, is a way to introduce first-year students to the organizations available on campus. -
August 27, 2013
Grant fuels ‘Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate’
A $2.1 million grant to the University of Rochester Medical Center and NTID will help deaf and hard-of-hearing students who are pursuing graduate degrees. -
August 22, 2013
Todd Pagano addresses RIT community
RIT officially kicked off the school year on Wednesday with Fall Convocation. NTID’s Todd Pagano, the 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year, delivered the keynote address.