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"There is no topic in the history of the human race that is more shameful or repugnant than slavery. Why then, should slavery be discussed today? Shouldn't it be treated as a taboo subject that is better buried and forgotten? Tim Wise, a noted anti-racism...

The Deaf President Now (DPN) movement of 1988 was fueled by such widespread passion and energy that in just seven days it totally transformed life for deaf people, creating opportunities that previously were almost unimaginable. Former Gallaudet University Board of Trustees chairs Philip Bravin ('66),...

Civil rights activist Julian Bond drew parallels between African Americans and the deaf community in their respective struggles for equality in his February 21, 2013 campus lecture, "From Civil Rights to Human Rights." Bond's visit was one of the events held in celebration of the...

Gallaudet University will air a new nationwide television commercial on Monday, March 4 during the hit ABC Family show, Switched at Birth. The show follows the lives of two teenage girls who discovered they were switched at birth; one is deaf and one is hearing....

The 17th Annual National Academic Bowl for Deaf and Hard of Hearing High School Students took place at Gallaudet's Elstad Auditorium March 9 to 12. For the fourth consecutive year, Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick) emerged as the winner in a hard-fought championship round...

As part of Gallaudet's 25th anniversary of Deaf President Now (DPN), Utah Valley University (UVU) Deaf Studies Coordinator Ben Jarashow, '04 & G-'06, shared his video, "The Seven Ducks: Behind the DPN Movement" on March 7 about the remembrances of the seven alumni leaders when...

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...

The late Arthur "Art" A. Kruger, '33, a pioneer in the field of deaf sports, has been selected as Gallaudet's Visionary Leader for October.Known as the Father of the American Athletic Association of the Deaf (AAAD), the predecessor of the U.S. Deaf Sports Federation (USDSF),...

Gallaudet was one of 16 stops on Motorola's "MAKEwithMOTO" tour across America, an event to meet young, creative designers and present them with the tools they need to innovate using Motorola's latest smartphones to do research and learn what they can do to make their...

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...