ARCHIVED NEWSBRIEFS
Cheryl Prusinski, an NTID alumna (Social Work, 1986), has received the YMCA Women of Achievement Award for her work as founder of Deaf Women Against Violence (DWave), based in Columbus, Ohio. [read more...]
NTID STUDENT GETS $500 QUOTA SCHOLARSHIP
Jasmine Oregel of Santa Ana, California, has won a $500 International Scholarship from Quota International, for her academic and community-service achievements. [read more...]
GRCEVIC GETS COVETED EISENHART AWARD
Who says art is dull? NTID art professor Paula Grcevic, an accomplished artist herself, has received RIT's coveted Eisenhart Outstanding Teaching Award. She is noted for her"tremendous attention to detail" and her ways of making the visual recording of still-life compositions a multi-sensory adventure. [read more...]
NTID GETS $749K NSF GRANT
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $749,000 grant to NTID to develop dual-credit courses with five high-school partners in New York State, Florida, and Texas, through Project Fast Forward. The goal is to encourage more deaf/HoH high-school students to take information-technology courses and choose IT-related careers—a field that currently has too little Deaf representation. [read more...]
RIT’S HAUSER HONORED
Peter Hauser, Assistant Professor in RIT's College of Liberal Arts, has received two awards for his work in promoting diversity, and teaching a successful blended course in psychology. [read more...]
XBOX HEARTBEATS, ENVIRO-PLASTICS, & GOALIE GLOVES: TOMORROW’S SCIENTISTS SCORE SUCCESSES
The first National Science Fair for deaf and hard-of-hearing students has taken place at RIT, and the winners in each category are announced. The judges spent lots of time with each project, and found them all “exceptional.” Winners earned cash prize ranging from $300 to $500. We suspect that they and their classmates are already thinking about what they’d like to do for next year’s fair! [read more...]
NEW FACE ON NTID’S ADMISSIONS STAFF
Heather Emerson Jeremy of Perinton has joined NTID’s Office of Admissions as a Senior Admissions Counselor. Prospective NTID students and applicants will be happy to make her acquaintance. [read more...]
ARTISTS WANTED—FOR NEW NTID INSTALLATION PIECES
NTID wants new, original, professional-quality artworks for three interior spaces in the new CSD Student Development Center, and has put out a call for proposals. Cash prizes are offered. If you’ve been wanting to create a new work for NTID’s public space, this may be your grand opportunity! [read more...]
CAREER EXPLORATION WITH A FUN TWIST
NTID is holding a 3-day mini-camp for Deaf/HoH junior-high minority students (African-American, Latino American, or American Indian) in August. The purpose is to explore career options through hands-on experiences, and to make new friends and have fun. Parents are encouraged to attend too—and to network. [read more...]
A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP EXPANDS
NTID’s Postsecondary Education Network-International has received a $1.1 million grant from Japan’s Nippon Foundation, bringing the total amount awarded the program to $7 million. Existing partnerships benefit deaf students in China, Russia, Philippines, and Japan. New partnerships are being established with colleges in Korea, Vietnam, and Hong Kong. [read more...]
NEW FINDINGS: A HORMONAL LINK TO AGE-RELATED HEARING LOSS
Scientists from NTID and University of Rochester have published their discovery of a hormonal link to age-related hearing loss (presbycusis). A connection has been found between the levels of aldosterone, a hormone that helps to regulate two crucial chemicals, potassium and sodium, in the nervous system. These findings increase our understanding of how aging affects hearing—and have some intriguing possibilities. [read more...]
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN RESEARCH
NTID has published the latest installment of Implications of NTID Research, a biannual overview of new research pertaining to deaf people in the areas of family life, classroom, and workplace. Topics include language and literacy, technology integration, and age-related hearing loss. Curious to find out what’s new? You can view Implications online. [read more...]
TAKING THE “ROAD LESS TRAVELED”
NTID has received a 66K grant from the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation to develop an interactive Website to encourage deaf high-schoolers to see graphic communications as a viable and exciting career path. After the “Cold Type Revolution” replaced Linotype composition with computer-based applications, there was a falling-off of interest in this field—unfortunately so, since it’s rewarding and challenging. Now the “road less traveled” hopes to attract more traffic. [read more...]
ZOOM WITHOUT FUME
A team of NTID students have taken several high awards in the 2006 Tour de Sol electric-bicycle competition. This was the first time NTID participated in the Tour de Sol, which encourages applications of alternative energy and advanced technology for zero-carbon-emission vehicles. They entered two bicycles, one of which they built from scratch, the other modified from an existing model. They and their advisors/interpreters had fun, learned lots, and have some ideas they’d like to incorporate into next year’s competition. Now that Deaf teams are part of the Tour, it’s time to think about using visual signals. Cycle on! [read more...]
A MUCH-APPRECIATED BOOST FROM CITIGROUP
Citigroup Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Citigroup financial empire, has made another donation to the Citigroup Endowed Scholarship Fund at NTID. This benefits a dozen or so business students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to continue their educations. Citigroup also has a good record of hiring NTID students for internships, and is praised for its “steadfast support.” You can bank on it. [read more...]
MORE SCIENCE OR MATH TEACHERS NEEDED—$10K SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
There’s a nationwide shortage of science and math teachers qualified to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing students. To combat this shortage, NTID is offering generous scholarships to prospective science and math teachers enrolling in its 2-year Master’s program. [read more...]
MAKING FUN OF SCIENCE: SUMMER CAMP FOR 8TH-GRADE GIRLS AT NTID
NTID has launched a new “Tech Girlz” summer-camp program for Deaf/HoH 8th-grade girls who are interested in exploring science and may have already thought about having a scientific career. The session runs July 30 to August 5 on the NTID/RIT campus. Campers will learn about the fun and challenge of science and technology through hands-on experience, such as building their own take-home computers. [read more...]
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PLAYERS: BRAGG ENDOWS NTID
Bernard Bragg, the renowned performer/director, is establishing an endowment fund at NTID for theater and cinema students—a generous gift from a legendary Deaf-theater pioneer. [read more...]
A NEW AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING TEACHER
Harry Lang is one of NTID’s best-known teachers and researchers. His contributions to the fields of science, teaching, learning, research, and biography have been noted by NTID. His newest honor: a $2,500 Trustees Faculty Scholarship Award from RIT. [read more...]
