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Gallaudet Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL) Director Derek Braun, '95, recalls the incredulous reaction he received 11 years ago when he presented his research poster at an American Society for Microbiology conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, after completing his Ph.D. "The sign language interpreters and...

The upcoming year marks a prominent milestone in Gallaudet's history as the University kicks off its sesquicentennial celebration. The occasion was the theme of President T. Alan Hurwitz's September 12 welcome back address, entitled "The Years Behind-The Years Ahead." "Talk about waiting a long time...

Agatha Tiegel Hanson, Class of 1893, has been selected as one of the 12 National Women's History Month honorees for 2014. The honorees, an annual incentive of The National Women's History Project (NWHP), represent a wide range of occupations and accomplishments, and exemplify the theme...

Anindya "Bapin" Bhattacharyya was born deaf in a small village in India, where there was no running water, electricity, or motor vehicles. He became blind at age nine after another child threw ashes in his eyes, causing his retinas to detach. With no education for...

Gallaudet University announced on February 28, 2014 the appointment of Representative G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) to its Board of Trustees effective immediately. Chartered in 1864 by President Abraham Lincoln, Gallaudet University is the world's only liberal arts university for the deaf and hard of hearing...

The Gallaudet University National Science Foundation-funded Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) is pleased to announce the release of its much-anticipated second bilingual storybook app for the iPad, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Boy Who Cried Wolf storybook app...

Five years:Katy Schroer, speech/language pathologist, Student Services 10 years:Carlos Navas, manager, Grounds Services; Daniel Hines, laboratory coordinator, Science, Technology and Math; William Ennis, instructor, History, Philosophy, Religion, and Sociology; Richard Baker, director of IT projects, Gallaudet Technology Services 15 years:William Hughes, assistant treasurer, Administration and...

Gallaudet University is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Charlene Dwyer and The Honorable Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, '92-'05 & '09, will begin their tenures at the October 2014 Board of Trustees meeting. "I give my personal appreciation...

To honor its 125th anniversary, the Smithsonian National Zoo welcomed two new female American bison in August 2014. Because Gallaudet and Howard universities share the bison as their mascots, the zoo invited students at both schools to name the new animals. Gallaudet students selected the...

Five years:Nena Theoharis, Associate Professor and MA Program Director, Education; Christen Smith, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Recreation; Brenda Seal, Professor; Hearing, Speech and Language Science; Wanda Riddle, Instructor, American Sign Language (ASL) & Deaf Studies Program; Anna Ramach, Teacher, Office of KDES Principal; Caroline...