Meeting minutes, announcements and publications from RIT Colleges: Recent submissions

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    • NTID lands $400K grant 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-01-14)
      The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Students with ...

    • Academic praises deaf education 

      NTID (TVNZ - New Zealand, 2006-01-13)
      A conference on teaching deaf and hearing impaired children has been told New Zealand is a world leader in the field.

    • Protesters vow to keep university barricaded 

      Mendoza, Moises (Los Angeles Times, 2006-10-13)
      Nearly 20 years ago, massive student and faculty protests at Gallaudet University led to the appointment of I. King Jordan as the first deaf president in the long history of the nation's only university for the deaf.

    • For some young patients, implants work wonders 

      Ungar, Laura (The News Journal, New Castle, Delaware, 2003-11-30)
      A cochlear implant opened up the world of background noise to 9-year-old Travis Costello, replacing silence with sounds of running water, computer fans and rushing wind.

    • NTID and IRS benefit deaf entrepreneurs 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005-01-11)
      The Business Careers Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Division of Taxpayer ...

    • Extra steps needed to try deaf suspect 

      LaBelle, Monica (Argus Leader, 2006-10-07)
      A judicial system that relies on the weight of every word must now ensure it translates smoothly to deaf culture as a Sioux Falls deaf woman is tried in connection with a brutal slaying.

    • SSSD graduation ends an era, valedictorian looking ahead 

      Shedlock, Lynne Slack (Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA), 2006-06-02)
      Scranton State School for the Deaf senior Dionne Grabousky was so young when she entered the school, she doesn’t even remember her earliest experiences there.

    • Deaf workers can be heard from at Lucent 

      Pohl, Laura Zahn (Chicago Tribune, 1999-11)
      When Gary Etkie started working at the former Bell Labs in 1981, he felt isolated. As the only deaf employee, he would go to the library at lunch because he had no one to communicate with.

    • Info tech workshops designed for deaf now at NTID 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2001-01-08)
      Two information technology workshops designed for and available only to deaf and hard-of-hearing people are being offered at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of ...

    • A chill at the specter of BlackBerry winter 

      Belkin, Lisa (New York Times, 2006-02-12)
      THE route of most technology is from "Why would anyone need that?" to "How did I ever live without it?" When Tom Cruise used a cordless phone in "Risky Business," I remember thinking the device was a gimmick. When the ...

    • College night for deaf and hard-of-hearing 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002-01-07)
      Ohio and Western Pennsylvania's deaf and hard-of-hearing residents and their families are invited to attend a free, college information night sponsored by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute ...

    • AT&T Foundation supports training on working with deaf people in Austin 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997-01-07)
      AT&T Foundation supports training on working with deaf people in Austin The AT&T Foundation is sponsoring employer outreach programs across the United States with a $50,000 grant to the National Technical Institute for ...

    • Famous historical photo exhibit coming to NTID 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-01-05)
      The exhibition The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers 1885 – 1920, including 50 platinum prints by Frances S. and Mary E. Allen of idealized photographs of country scenes, figure and child studies, and landscapes of ...

    • Documentary tells of overcoming obstacles 

      Call, Matthew (UnionLeader.com, 2005-12-01)
      A documentary film crew trailed Jose Silva as he logged a Buick Riviera coupe into the lot of the Autosmith Car Company yesterday.

    • Handhelds aided hearing-impaired protesters 

      Takruri, Lubna (Associated Press, 2006-11-09)
      After a sleepless night protesting at Gallaudet University, student government leader Christopher Corrigan was ready to crawl into a tent near a campus gate at 7:45 a.m. Then he felt the familiar buzz on his Sidekick ...

    • NTID national advisory group names Annette Reichman government liaison 

      NTID (2006-01-03)
      Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has named Annette Reichman, director/liaison of the Office of Special Institutions for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services, as ...

    • Student life team 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1999-01-01)
      Student Life Team: new web site, programmatic offerings

    • Report on progress of interpreting grant 

      Unknown author (2000-01-01)
      The New York State Department of Education Grant, "Preparation of Educational Interpreters," awarded to NTID and Monroe County #1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) in December 1998, is now entering its ...

    • NTID students win RIT College Bowl competition 

      Unknown author (1999-01-01)
      Four deaf students representing NTID at a recent College Bowl competition on the RIT campus took first place among 16 teams and the right to represent RIT at the regional competition, to be held at Cornell University ...

    • Applauding students who earned 4.0 GPAs fall quarter 

      Unknown author (1999-01-01)
      More than 30 NTID students earned a grade point average of 4.0 for the fall 1998 quarter at RIT. Listed below are the high academic achievers with their hometowns and programs of study.