NTID News

RIT/NTID Grad Celebrates Five Years in Deaf Social Media

2012-05-18T11:31:00-07:00

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.

Major League Baseball Discovers RIT Diamond Gem

2012-05-18T10:32:17-07:00

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.

RIT/NTID Trio Share McDougal Award for Design Skills

2012-05-10T16:58:00-07:00

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.

NTID's Catherine Clark Receives RIT’s Isaac L. Jordan Sr. Faculty Pluralism Award

2012-05-09T15:56:00-07:00

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.

NTID-Related Exhibits Shown at Imagine RIT Fest

2012-05-05T17:22:00-07:00

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.

The Next Big Idea: Vibration Notification for Deaf Athletes

2012-05-04T10:09:00-07:00

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.

Grant to Improve Problem-Solving Skills for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

2012-05-01T10:10:00-07:00

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.

2012 RIT Leadership Awards

2012-04-18T14:15:00-07:00

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.

Diversifying Campus and Careers

2012-04-16T13:05:00-07:00

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.

YouTube Videos Create Unexpected Reaction for NTID Faculty Member

2012-04-16T13:08:00-07:00

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.