News Press Releases (NTID): Recent submissions

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    • Deaf women establishing service for deaf victims of abuse 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1998-06-01)
      Sharon Gutshall Haynes, SVP'76; Vicki Hurwitz, '93; Beth Ann Metlay, SVP'75, '80; Shirley Martina Moore-Reid, SVP'83; and Sharon Staehle are planning a new service, Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Victims (ASADV) of ...

    • Provost's grants jump start projects 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002-06-05)
      Rochester Institute of Technology has awarded Provost's Learning Innovations grants to two research projects related to improving learning for deaf students. Rico Peterson of the Department of American Sign Language and ...

    • NTID researcher recognized for accomplishments 

      Smith, Kathleen (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997-06-01)
      Dr. Susan Foster is one of NTID's most well-respected researchers. Her work on the topics of educational and career access for deaf people has earned her nationwide recognition, and she has published two books on the ...

    • Making history: A black man's hands speak eloquently 

      NTID (The New York Times, 2003-05-24)
      When Brian Jenerson was a child, he was fascinated by the way his grandmother communicated through sign language. She had lost much of her hearing as a child and taught her family how to use their hands in place of their voices.

    • Clare Boothe Luce program grants scholarships to national technical institute for the deaf 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997-06-01)
      To encourage women to pursue careers in science and engineering, the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded $93,000 to support three two-year Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholarships at the National Technical Institute ...

    • Breaking the sound barrier 

      Unknown author (Yes!, 2000-05)
      Growing up in the United States, from teacher through to becoming Chief Executive Officer for the NTID, Dr. Robert Davila has not allowed profound deafness to affect his career.

    • Alice Benedict Beardsley remembered 

      Schmitz, Kathryn (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997-06-01)
      Alice Benedict Beardsley, known as NTID's first interpreter, died May 12, 1997, after a long illness. Beardsley was an integral part of the NTID community from the very beginning, serving as the interpreter for the ...

    • Rochester Police Department honors NTID interpreting students 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2004-05-20)
      Sign language interpreting students from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), were honored for their community service to the Rochester Police Department ...

    • A growing number of deaf students in Imaging program 

      NTID (Democrat and Chronicle, 2003-05-20)
      Patty Weeks got more than she expected when she joined the Digital Imaging and Publishing program at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

    • Hungarian officials visit NTID 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-05-05)
      Building on the success of a visit two years ago by Hungarian Ambassador Andras Simonyi, officials from PEN-International recently hosted a delegation of 12 Hungarians who spent one week learning about postsecondary ...

    • Interpreting and Deaf Studies index now available online 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002-05-19)
      Addressing a need for indexed, searchable materials relating to interpreting and deaf studies, The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology has recently developed an index to close that gap.

    • New study links hormone replacement therapy and hearing loss 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2004-05-05)
      A pilot study conducted by a research team housed at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and the University of Rochester (UR) has revealed that women taking hormone ...

    • Dr. Robert Davila delivers convocation address at Syracuse University 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2004-05-20)
      Rochester, N.Y., May 20—Deaf education leader and Syracuse University alumnus Dr. Robert R. Davila told SU graduating students that, “Empowerment is knowledge acquired through education” during the convocation address at ...

    • PEN-International wins Computerworld award 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-05-14)
      The Postsecondary Education Network-International, a grant program based at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology, has been named a 2006 Education and Academia ...

    • Exciting career-focused summer program offered for high school juniors who are deaf or hard of hearing 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2003-05-05)
      The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology is offering a summer program that gives deaf or hard-of-hearing high school juniors the opportunity to experience college life, and try ...

    • Funding to NTID tops $5.8M for international project 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005-05-18)
      The Nippon Foundation of Japan has awarded the Postsecondary Education Network-International program at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology a grant of $1.25 million to fund ...

    • NTID names Pranger as senior development officer 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2001-05-14)
      Jill A. Pranger of Webster, has been named senior development officer at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

    • Lang receives trustees scholarship award 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-05-13)
      Harry Lang, of Honeoye Falls, professor in the Department of Research and Teacher Education at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, has received a $2,500 Trustees Faculty Scholarship Award from Rochester Institute ...

    • NTID's Davila to speak at nation's largest Latino Commencement Ceremony 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2003-05-12)
      Dr. Robert Davila, CEO of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), will speak May 17 at the nation's largest Latino Commencement Celebration and receive an award ...

    • NTID history book now available 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002-05-20)
      Two professors-one deaf and one hearing--trace the long struggle to establish a much-needed technical college for deaf people in their new book, From Dream to Reality: The National Technical Institute for the Deaf, now ...