Every Student Has a Story
March 18, 2010 | Full story »
NTID Interim President Jim DeCaro has launched a new feature on the NTID Web site. "Every Student Has a Story" features short conversations about students at RIT/NTID to show what they think about their college experience.
Radio Series Highlights TechGirlz Summer Camp
March 16, 2010 | Full story »
A national radio series, "Access to Advancement: An Audio Exploration of the National Effort to Increase the Role of Women with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics," features TechGirlz, a week-long summer program at RIT/NTID for middle school girls who are deaf or hard of hearing. Written transcripts accompany the stories on their Web site. The radio series was funded by the National Science Foundation's Research in Disabilities Education Program.
NTID Welcomes Department Heads
March 15, 2010 | Full story »
NTID Welcomes the arrival of two department heads. Kim Brown Kurz, a graduate of RIT/NTID, now chairs the American Sign Language and Interpreting Education Department. And Scott Hooker joins NTID as its new director of Admissions.
RIT/NTID Mentors Unique Robotics Team
March 10, 2010 | Full story »
Several RIT/NTID faculty, staff, alumni and students helped mentor a team of deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students in last week's FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional Competition at RIT.
RIT/NTID Mourns Ellie Rosenfield
March 8, 2010 | Full story »
Dr. Eleanor Rosenfield, NTID's Associate Dean for Student and Academic Services, died Sunday afternoon in her Brighton home after a two-year battle with lymphoma. She was 57.
College-Bound High School Students Can Explore Their Futures at RIT/NTID
March 1, 2010 | Full story »
The Explore Your Future (EYF) program at RIT offers college-bound high school sophomores and juniors who are deaf and hard of hearing a unique opportunity to experience life on a college campus, explore their interests and sample various careers. Hundreds of students from across the country participate in this six-day, summer career exploration program that provides them with hands-on activities related to careers in engineering, art, business, computers, science and more. EYF sessions for summer 2010 are July 17 to 22 and July 24 to 29. Deadline to apply is April 30, 2010.
Unique Collection from Deaf Artists Exhibited in Washington
February 22, 2010 | Full story »
Dozens of paintings, photographs and sculptures created by deaf artists and part of the permanent collection of the Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf are on loan this summer at Deaf Access Solutions in Washington, D.C.
A Saucy Tale
February 19, 2010 | Full story »
NTID Interim President James DeCaro went head-to-head with student Chelsea Bruha to determine who can make better tomato sauce.
Marcia Dugan, Advocate, Volunteer and Former NTID Publicist, Dies
February 8, 2010 | Full story »
Marcia B. Dugan, a community volunteer, author and advocate for individuals who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, died Sunday (Feb. 7, 2010) at her Yates County home with her family after a year-long battle with leukemia. She was 78.
Diversity in Dance
February 2, 2010 | Full story »
The RIT/NTID Dance Company and its director, Thomas Warfield, are featured on WHEC-TV for their upcoming performance of "Sleeping Beauty" Feb. 11-14.