NTID News

Sgt. Tony Wallace Remembered
NTID News Friends and family remember Sgt. Anthony Wallace, an RIT/NTID grad and police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty this weekend. A celebration of his life will be held on the RIT campus in the coming weeks.
Wed, Sep 01 2010 · 16 hours ago

RIT/NTID Mourns Tony Wallace
NTID News NTID/RIT graduate Anthony Wallace, a sergeant for the Hoonah, Alaska Police Department, was one of two men shot and killed on duty there late Saturday. RIT President Bill Destler released a statement to the community.
Mon, Aug 30 2010

NTID Grad Offers Help to Haiti
NTID News Tara Thorn, an ASLIE graduate from NTID, will move to Haiti this week where she plans to live and open a school for deaf children. Read the full story here: [link]
Tue, Aug 24 2010

RIT Again Ranked a Top U.S. University
NTID News Rochester Institute of Technology is recognized for educational quality and value in U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Colleges 2011. Since the magazine began its annual ranking of colleges in 1983, RIT has consistently been listed among the top regional universities. Read the full story here: [link]
Tue, Aug 17 2010

$170,000 Awarded for Research and Cultural Awareness at NTID
NTID News The National Technical Institute for the Deaf has received two grants for research and a new cultural awareness program at its Center on Access Technology. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Aug 11 2010

Online Advice for Parents of College-Bound Students
NTID News Parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing African-American, Latino American and Native American students who are entering 7th, 8th, or 9th grade can get tips for preparing their students for college during live, online parent workshops being held during RIT's Steps to Success Program on Sat., Aug. 7, 2010. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Jul 21 2010

Deaf Rapper Inks Record Contract
NTID News RIT/NTID graduate Sean Forbes has made several music videos and has made national headlines for creating D-PAN, the Deaf Professional Arts Network. He recently signed a recording contract and plans to release more videos. Read the full story here: [link]
Tue, Jul 13 2010

Winners Named in 2010 Arts Competition
NTID News The winners of the annual national Digital Arts, Film and Animation Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students have been announced. More than 70 high school students from across the country entered the competition, sponsored by RIT/NTID. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, Jun 24 2010

Global Collaboration Strives to Break Stereotypes
NTID News Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of The Nippon Foundation which has funded PEN-International for 10 years, greeted nearly 300 attendees of the Technology and Deaf Education Symposium at RIT/NTID. Many successes have been made in deaf education, but more needs to be done. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, Jun 21 2010

Student Focused on His Future
NTID News RIT/NTID Student Dylan Heuer has a unique co-op this summer as photographer for the Rochester Red Wings baseball team. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, Jun 10 2010

US-Japan Foundation Funds Project at NTID
NTID News The US-Japan Foundation has announced an award of more than $72,000 to support the first year of a three-year cultural exchange program for high school students who are deaf from Japan and the U.S. RIT/NTID will coordinate this exchange between students at Rochester School for the Deaf and the Tokyo Metropolitan Chuo School for the Deaf in Tokyo. The exchange begins i...
Wed, May 26 2010

Task Force Focuses on Medical Careers for Deaf
NTID News Two leading universities that serve deaf and hard-of-hearing students are teaming up to encourage more deaf individuals to enter the health care field. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, May 26 2010

Awards Aplenty as the Academic Year Ends
NTID News Each year, NTID recognizes students for outstanding academic achievements and contributions to the community. These students' high levels of accomplishment are the result of hard work, dedication and motivation - qualities that NTID strives to foster. Their awards were recognized at a ceremony today in the Robert F. Panara Theatre with family, friends, faculty and sta...
Fri, May 21 2010

Task Force on Health Care Professions for Deaf and Hard of...
NTID News RIT/NTID is joining Gallaudet University, the National Center on Deaf Health Research based at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester General Health Systems in a partnership to make it easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing students to find careers in health care professions. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, May 19 2010

RIT/NTID Grad Crowned Miss Deaf USA
NTID News Michelle Koplitz, a 2008 graduate of RIT/NTID, was named Miss Deaf USA at a pageant held in Washington, D.C. in April. She'll compete in the Miss Deaf International Finale in Las Vegas in July. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, May 17 2010

Graduate Student Delegate Happy to Stay in Rochester
NTID News Corey Axelrod, who receives his MBA next week, is the first graduate student delegate from RIT's E. Philip Saunders College of Business who is deaf or hard of hearing. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, May 13 2010

Student Innovators Give Sharks Something to Sink Their...
NTID News Budding entrepreneurs at RIT discussed their plans for new products with potential sponsors in the "Shark Tank," an event to help students develop their investment pitches and receive constructive criticism. Read the full story here: [link]
Fri, May 07 2010

James DeCaro Inducted into RIT's Innovation Hall of Fame
NTID News NTID Interim President James J. DeCaro was one of 10 prominent men and women inducted into the inaugural class of Rochester Institute of Technology's Innovation Hall of Fame Friday. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, May 03 2010

Alarming Invention Displayed This Weekend
NTID News Cory Behm worked last summer designing an alarm system that will allow him and others who are deaf a way to use their personal digital assistants to alert them or wake them up. He'll be showing his device at Saturday's Imagine RIT: Innovation + Creativity Festival. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, Apr 29 2010

Earth Day Provides Many Happy Returns
NTID News Students in NTID's Society and Technology class collected redeemable bottles and cans and educated themselves and others about recycling and conservation to commemorate Earth Day. Read the full story here: [link]
Fri, Apr 23 2010

2010 Science Fair Winners Announced
NTID News Winners have been announced in the 2010 National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students held at RIT/NTID. More than 65 contestants from across the country participated, with winners receiving cash prizes as they developed their interest in technology, science, engineering and math. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Apr 21 2010

Curtain Going Up
NTID News For 40 years, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf has literally set the stage for thousands of students to participate in theater arts. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, Apr 08 2010

Employers Should Reach Out More to Deaf Community
NTID News An editorial in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle spotlights the newspaper's learning experience with an RIT/NTID student intern. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Apr 07 2010

IBM Welcomes Diversity, Innovation and RIT/NTID Students
NTID News More than a dozen students, faculty and staff from RIT/NTID toured IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and its Industry Solutions Lab in Westchester County, just north of New York City. It was the latest collaboration between NTID and IBM in a partnership that has spanned nearly 40 years. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Mar 31 2010

Every Student Has a Story
NTID News 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. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, Mar 18 2010

Radio Series Highlights TechGirlz Summer Camp
NTID News 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...
Tue, Mar 16 2010

NTID Welcomes Department Heads
NTID News 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. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, Mar 15 2010

RIT/NTID Mentors Unique Robotics Team
NTID News 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. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Mar 10 2010

RIT/NTID Mourns Ellie Rosenfield
NTID News 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. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, Mar 08 2010

College-Bound High School Students Can Explore Their...
NTID News 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 t...
Mon, Mar 01 2010

Unique Collection from Deaf Artists Exhibited in Washington
NTID News 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. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, Feb 22 2010

Marcia Dugan, Advocate, Volunteer and Former NTID...
NTID News Marcia B. Dugan, a community volunteer, author and advocate for individuals who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, died Sunday at her Yates County home with her family after a year-long battle with leukemia. Calling hours are Wednesday in Penn Yan. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, Feb 08 2010

Diversity in Dance
NTID News 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. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Feb 03 2010

Booth Biography Selected for National Reading Project
NTID News A biography authored by NTID Professor Harry G. Lang has been chosen as the book for a community reading project called "Deaf America Reads." Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, Feb 01 2010

RIT/NTID Grad Creates Social Networking Site for the Deaf
NTID News Just in time for Valentine's Day, a Boston-area Web developer has created a new social networking site to help other deaf and hard-of-hearing people find friends on the Internet. Patrick Petronelli created DeafPals.com after becoming frustrated trying to find other deaf people on Facebook and Myspace. Read the full story here: [link]
Fri, Jan 22 2010

National Writing Contest Announced
NTID News High school sophomores and juniors who are deaf or hard of hearing can use the power of words to express their feelings and win prizes in the 5th annual Rochester Institute of Technology SpiRIT Writing Contest. Winners will have their choice of a scholarship and travel expenses to the Explore Your Future program at RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID...
Tue, Jan 12 2010

NTID President Search Committee Formed
NTID News A 16-member Search Committee has been seated to help find the next president of NTID. RIT Preisdent Bill Destler provided details in a communication to the RIT/NTID community. Read the full story here: [link]
Mon, Jan 04 2010

President Hurwitz Keeping Many Roots in Rochester
NTID News Alan Hurwitz heads for Washington, D.C., next month to become president of Gallaudet University - the world's leading liberal arts institution for the deaf. But he realizes that much of his future life will remain anchored in Rochester. He forged his career at Gallaudet's traditional rival: the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, or NTID, one of eight colleges ...
Mon, Dec 14 2009

National Science Fair Competition Announced
NTID News Rochester Institute of Technology is sponsoring a national competition at NTID for students with hearing loss who are in grades 6 through 12. The RIT National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students allows entrants to compete individually or as a two- or three-person team for cash prizes of up to $500. Deadline to apply is Jan. 15, 2010. Read the full sto...
Sat, Dec 05 2009

RIT/NTID Student Makes a Team of One
NTID News Freshman Kyle Gahagan is representing RIT at racquetball tournaments this year - and he's the only member on the team. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, Dec 03 2009

RIT Sponsors National Arts Competition
NTID News Rochester Institute of Technology is accepting entries in its fifth annual Digital Arts, Film and Animation Competition for deaf or hard-of-hearing middle and high school students. Students in grades 9 through 12 can use their creative talents and artistic expression in six categories: Web Page Design, Graphic Media, 3-D Animation, Film, Interactive Media and Photo Im...
Fri, Nov 20 2009

RIT and NTID Honor Veterans
NTID News More than 150 people attended a Veterans Day ceremony at the Dyer Art Center at RIT/NTID this morning. More than 175 students at RIT are receiving veteran benefits. RIT this year became a "Yellow Ribbon" college and began an outreach program for veterans with hearing loss - a lead disability of men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the full story here: ...
Wed, Nov 11 2009

History Recorded with Help from NTID and StoryCorps
NTID News NTID President Alan Hurwitz, retirees Paul and Sally Taylor and NTID's first deaf faculty member, Robert Panara, each participated with a 40-minute conversation with StoryCorps, an oral history project touring the country. They talked about growing up deaf, NTID and some memorable encounters they've had. Excerpts of their interviews (and transcripts) are here. Their c...
Tue, Nov 10 2009

NTID Student Back on Stage After 40 Years
NTID News NTID Performing Arts is producing "Equus" on Nov. 5-8. One of the actors is Kevin Nolan, who helped start the NTID Drama Club 40 years ago. Read the full story here: [link]
Tue, Oct 27 2009

"Hear and Now" Released on DVD
NTID News "Hear and Now," a documentary featuring RIT/NTID retirees Paul and Sally Taylor as they received cochlear implants, is now available on DVD. The film appeared on HBO, earned a Peabody Award and was named Best Documentary by the audience at the Sundance Film Festival. Read the full story here: [link]
Thu, Oct 22 2009

DeCaro to Become NTID's Interim President
NTID News James J. DeCaro, who served as dean of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf for 14 years, including two years as interim director and CEO, has been selected to serve as interim president of NTID and interim vice president and dean of RIT effective Dec. 1. Read the full story here: [link]
Tue, Oct 20 2009

No Barriers at RIT Job Fair
NTID News Hundreds of RIT/NTID students attended the annual Job Fair, were representatives of businesses and government agencies chatted with students about career opportunities and collected resumes. Read the full story here: [link]
Sun, Oct 18 2009

NTID President Selected to Lead Gallaudet
NTID News NTID President T. Alan Hurwitz has been named to become president of Gallaudet University in Washington. His new position becomes effective Jan. 1. RIT President Bill Destler is expected to announce an interim president for NTID very soon. Read the full story here: [link]
Sun, Oct 18 2009

Matt Hamill Subject of Independent Movie
NTID News An independent film company is wrapping up shooting for a film about Matt Hamill, Ultimate Fighting Championship regular, and three-time NCAA Division III wrestling champion at Rochester Institute of Technology. Read the full story here: [link]
Wed, Oct 14 2009

RIT/NTID Grad Student on CNN
NTID News CNN interviews Rochester Institute of Technology graduate student Justin Drezner as part of the network's "30 Second Pitch" segment. Read the full story here: [link]
Fri, Oct 02 2009