News Press Releases (NTID): Recent submissions
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Congress may boost online programs that aid students who have disabilities
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003-11-28)Congress is on the verge of asking colleges to experiment with distance education to help students with disabilities earn degrees. -
C-ing is believing
(Herald News, Rhode Island, 2006-03-15)Disabled students have greater access to education with C-Print captioning -
Disabilities Act helps, but everyone has a role, too
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Better training for interpreters
(Channel 13 WHAM, 2006-01-06)A thousand people across the state have very important jobs: interpreting for deaf and hard of hearing students in kindergarten thru 12th grade. -
RIT team uses sign language
(R-News, 2007-01-08)Debbie Buff is in her 5th season as the RIT women's basketball coach, and the team is off to their best start at 7-3. -
Breaking the sound barrier - The National Technical Institute for the Deaf helps hearing-impaired students succeed in engineering and technology careers
(Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers, 2000-01)The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) provided deaf and hard-of-hearing students with an opportunity to receive an education in a technical field. As one of seven colleges at the Rochester Institute of ... -
Silent Chemistry
(Chemical & Engineering News, 2006-04-03)The obstacles for deaf students to become molecular scientists are shrinking, but it's still hard. -
Ear to the ground - Signing on at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
(Delta Sky, 2000-11)When Paul Taylor, who is deaf, graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in chemical engineering, he wrote to 35 companies--most of them members of the Fortune 500--seeking work. Every firm turned ... -
Hope appears on the horizon for age-related hearing loss
(Dallas Morning News, 1999-10-12)The loss of hearing associated with getting older is caused by chemical changes in the brain, as well as by problems in the inner ear. Yet researchers predict that the elderly soon will be able to take a pill to improve ...