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To explain the environmental impact of climate change on migratory sea birds, Dr. Cara Gormally could write a lengthy paper filled with technical jargon and statistics. But the Biology professor, who specializes in science literacy and diversifying the STEM fields, has instead been drawing comics featuring adorable baby puffins. “I think it connects to the audience better, and you can make the animals talk,” says Gormally, who uses the pronouns they/them. Their passion for creating science-based comics has blossomed in the decade they have been at Gallaudet and teaching in American Sign Language.

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Dr. Joseph Murray was born and raised in the United States. But as president of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), he has to represent more than 130 countries, each with its own languages, cultures, and attitudes. He explained this balancing act at a campus event last week, “Deaf Lives Across Borders: Navigating Complexities and Differences,” hosted by the Center for Democracy in Deaf America (CDDA).