News by Topic: Deaf Community
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March 28, 2022
A CODA and her mother on 'CODA's portrayal of deaf culture
WHEC-TV interviews Lisa DeWindt-Sommer, senior counselor/academic advisor at NTID, and her daughter, RIT student and CODA Kaitlin Sommer, about the movie CODA.
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March 27, 2022
'One of a kind': Community from RIT/NTID reflects on 'CODA'
WHAM-TV interviews Denise Kavin, assistant dean for outreach, placement and special projects at NTID, and RIT/NTID students about the movie CODA and their experiences as “children of deaf adults.”
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March 27, 2022
How Robots Can Assist Students With Disabilities
The New York Times interviews RIT/NTID faculty researcher Wendy Dannels and human-computer interaction graduate student Roshan Mathew about assistive technology for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
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March 21, 2022
Strong Museum of Play, NTID partner for Deaf Day of Play
Spectrum News features the Deaf Day of Play.
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March 20, 2022
Strong National Museum of Play hosting 'Deaf Day of Play'
WHEC-TV features the Deaf Day of Play.
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March 18, 2022
NTID partners with Strong Museum in Deaf Awareness Month event
WHAM-TV features the Deaf Day of Play.
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March 18, 2022
National Technical Institute for the Deaf receives $88.5M, expands STEM programs
WXXI interviews Gerry Buckley, NTID president and RIT vice president and dean, about a boost in federal funding for NTID.
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March 16, 2022
RIT and NTID receive federal funding appropriation from 2022 Omnibus budget
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced fiscal year 2022 funding he secured that will revitalize Rochester and the Finger Lakes region. Sen. Schumer highlighted significant funding in the amount of $88.5 million that NTID received in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill, a $7 million increase over fiscal year 2021, with $3 million of that increase going toward NTID’s Regional STEM Center efforts.
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March 15, 2022
Meet College of Liberal Arts Dean Anna Stenport
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts began the academic year under new leadership. Dean Anna Stenport joined RIT from Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts in September following a nationwide search. Stenport is a professor of communication and an expert in transnational cinema and media, modern literature and drama, and visual and cultural studies, with a focus on the Arctic and Nordic regions.
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March 10, 2022
‘Deaf Day of Play:’ The Strong hosts NTID for special event
WROC-TV features “Deaf Day of Play,” hosted by NTID and The Strong.
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March 10, 2022
RIT/NTID, The Strong present Deaf Day of Play March 20
NTID and The Strong have partnered to celebrate Deaf Awareness Month. On Sunday, March 20, students from NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education will provide ASL assistance at the museum’s admissions desk and its Skyline Climb high adventure course. And ASL tours of the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden will take place every hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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March 8, 2022
Local woman highlights challenges deaf Ukrainians face in war
WROC-TV talks to RIT/NTID’s Regina Kiperman-Kiselgof about her effort to assist deaf people in Ukraine.