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February 21, 2012
Kathryn Schmitz, who has chaired Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf’s Department of Liberal Studies for the past three years, has been appointed Associate Dean for Academic Administration.
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February 10, 2012
Chuck Baird, a famed artist and RIT/NTID alum who helped establish De’VIA, a type of painting depicting life of a deaf individual in a hearing world, died this morning in Austin, Texas, after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 64.
February 1, 2012
![The RIT/NTID Dance Company rehearse for "Off the Wall." Photo by Matt Deturck, CITY Newspaper.](http://www.ntid.rit.edu/sites/default/files/imagecache/newsphoto_mainpage/offthewall3.jpg "The RIT/NTID Dance Company rehearse for "Off the Wall." Photo by Matt Deturck, CITY Newspaper.")
The RIT/NTID Dance Company prepare for their next show, "Off the Wall," Feb. 9 - 12, 2012 in the Robert F. Panara Theatre. Tickets are $5-$7 and can be reserved at ntidtix@rit.edu.
February 1, 2012
More than 400 people attended the RIT premiere of "The Hammer," a film based on the life of Matt Hamill, a three-time NCAA Division III Wrestling champion and RIT/NTID alum.
January 24, 2012
Three awards totaling more than $7 million that will help educate and employ deaf and hard-of-hearing students and their teachers were acknowledged in a ceremony in NTID’s Dyer Arts Center Monday.
January 23, 2012
Poet Joshua Bennett, who performed "Tamara's Opus" at the White House, appeared at NTID with his sister, Tamara, to talk about his craft, and "what it takes to be a teacher: profound patience and a profound love." He was part of RIT's 30th annual Expressions of King's Legacy Celebration.
January 18, 2012
Mike Servé, who has managed NTID’s financial operations since 1982, has been named Assistant Vice President for Finance and Budget at the college.
January 17, 2012
!["The Hammer" will be shown at RIT on Jan. 30, 2012.](http://www.ntid.rit.edu/sites/default/files/imagecache/newsphoto_mainpage/thehammer.jpg ""The Hammer" will be shown at RIT on Jan. 30, 2012.")
Matt Hamill, a Rochester Institute of Technology Hall of Fame wrestler who is the subject of the recently released movie, “The Hammer,” is expected to attend the RIT premiere of the film on Monday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Clark Gym. Tickets are $7, or $5 for RIT students.
January 11, 2012
Marianne Gustafson, a professor in NTID’s Department of Communication Studies and Services, has been named Associate Dean for Curriculum and Special Projects by NTID President Gerry Buckley.
January 9, 2012
NTID President Gerry Buckley is profiled after serving his first year as head of the college.It's a challenging position, dealing with budgets,academic standards and changing attitudes in the diverse deaf community, but it's a challenge he's meeting.
December 23, 2011
Stephen Aldersley, an educator and administrator at RIT/NTID for 32 years, has been named NTID associate vice president for academic affairs, responsible for all academic programs and services at NTID and the academic support services provided to deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the other eight colleges of RIT.
December 20, 2011
Despite the challenging economic environment in the past few years, nine out of 10 graduates from RIT/NTID who seek employment upon graduation are landing jobs within a year.
December 16, 2011
Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf has announced next summer’s Deaf Initiative in Technology (DiiT) workshops that provide technical training in an environment that uses sign language.
December 5, 2011
Rochester’s first TelePresence Center was unveiled at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, enabling high quality, real-time video conferencing with people all over the globe. It will be used for research to better enable deaf and hard-of-hearing users ways to use the technology in research, business, instruction and social interaction applications.
November 29, 2011
NTID’s Master of Science program in Secondary Education (MSSE) has received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help recruit and train teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing.
November 18, 2011
An upcoming project involving the RIT/NTID Dance Company, the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences and RIT's College of Science will give a whole new meaning to "Dancing with the Stars" next year when students go on tour to dance in hopes of engaging deaf and hearing audiences to learn more about the principles of astrophysics. A $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will enable the performance to be seen by thousands of children and adults.
November 17, 2011
Erin LaFave earned a spot to compete in the NCAA women's cross country championship in Wisconsin. She's only the fifth female cross crountry athlete from RIT to reach the finals.
November 11, 2011
A group of RIT/NTID students recently won second place and a $1,250 check in the Shark Tank competition at RIT for their project, V-Sports, a device designed to facilitate communication via vibration notification for deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes.
November 10, 2011
Peter Hauser and his staff are conducting research at RIT/NTID to determine the differences of how deaf and hearing people learn.
