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May 21, 2012
Nine RIT/NTID laboratory science students are being recognized with 13 awards from the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
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May 18, 2012
DeafVIDEO.TV, a website created by RIT/NTID alumnus Tayler Mayer, is a popular site for videos in sign language. It receives millions of page views each month. Mayer also created DeafRead with RIT/NTID alumnus Jared Evans. DeafRead posts stories relevant to the deaf community.
May 18, 2012
Dylan Heuer, a photo intern for RIT’s Sports Information Department, has landed a job as assistant photo editor for MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball. Heuer, of Des Moines, Iowa, is a visual media major who receives access services from RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. He graduates May 26.
May 10, 2012
Three RIT/NTID students share the 2012 Charles R. McDougal Award, presented during the NTID Arts & Imaging Studies Student Honors Exhibition. Industrial Design majors Clay McDermott-Amos, Casey Schneider and Kevin Toh were honored for their overall achievement in the art field.
May 9, 2012
Catherine Clark, an associate professor in NTID’s Communication Students and Services department, is this year’s recipient of RIT’s Isaac L. Jordan Sr. Faculty Pluralism Award.
May 5, 2012
Visitors to this year’s Imagine RIT Innovation + Creativity Festival had no shortage of exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on activities to experience from NTID students, faculty and staff. The event, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 5, was free and open to the public. Numerous sign language interpreters were provided throughout the campus.
May 4, 2012
RIT/NTID students came up with inventions, technology or a business that could benefit deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and competed for $10,000 in prize money and the bragging rights to the “Next Big Idea.” The winning team created V-Sports, a vibration notification system so deaf athletes can know when a referee or coach wants to alert them.
May 1, 2012
A nearly $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will enable three reserchers at RIT to learn how deaf and hard-of-hearing students study and solve problems. Further understanding of these unique differences and providing solutions to improve learning outcomes, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, is the focus of this new research.
April 18, 2012
Nearly 30 RIT students – including five who are deaf or hard of hearing – were honored today during the 2012 RIT Leadership Awards for their community involvement, high personal standards and potential as positive role models to future students.
April 16, 2012
Students at Rochester's John Marshall High School studying American Sign Language visited RIT/NTID recently to learn about what professional interpreters do and to decide whether interpreting may be a career option for them. The visit was part of a collaboration between RIT and Rochester City Schools to help expose students to career options and to better diversify the students, faculty and staff at RIT.
April 16, 2012
![Jason Listman signing his version of Katy Perry's "Firework."](http://www.ntid.rit.edu/sites/default/files/imagecache/newsphoto_mainpage/firework.jpg "Jason Listman signing his version of Katy Perry's "Firework."")
Jason Listman, a faculty member in NTID's American Sign Language & Interpreter Education Department, has posted three music videos using ASL to YouTube. He's gotten hundreds of thousands of views and comments from fans around the world as a result.
April 13, 2012
A new summer camp is being offered at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf for deaf and hard-of-hearing boys and girls entering 9th or 10th grade in the fall. During DRobotZ, held July 28 to Aug. 10, 2012, the students will build and program a functional robot that they will take home with them after the two-week camp.
April 13, 2012
Jerry Nelson, a former student leader who continues to make an impact benefitting students, has received this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award for Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
April 6, 2012
Ellie's Place, a lounge and gathering area outside the CSD Student Development Center, was dedicated yesterday in honor of Dr. Eleanor Rosenfield, who guided RIT/NTID students for more than 30 years.
April 4, 2012
Winners have been announced in Rochester Institute of Technology’s sixth annual Math Competition for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. The competition, held at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf March 31, welcomed 111 deaf and hard-of-hearing middle school students from 21 states.
March 29, 2012
Christine Monikowski, a professor in the American Sign Language and Interpreting Education Department at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, has been named to the Fulbright Senior Specialist roster. She is on a list of educators who may travel to an assignment anywhere in the world outside the United States in the next six years.
March 28, 2012
Todd Pagano, an associate professor and director of Laboratory Science Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, has received the American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences. The award, sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, comes with $15,000 for RIT/NTID to help further promote students interested in science.
March 27, 2012
$4,000 in prize money was awarded to 12 individuals and teams in this year's RIT National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. More than 70 students from 20 states participated.
March 26, 2012
Jennifer Gravitz has been appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Liberal Studies for two years at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
