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The Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society 2024 Conference, held June 26-28 at Gallaudet — and hosted by Dr. Ilaria Berteletti, Program Director of the Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience Program, and Assistant Professor Dr. Rachel Pizzie — was designed with accessibility in mind. With the support of funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF Award number: 2348499), organizers structured a schedule that would be welcoming to all.

Dr. Daniel Lundberg, Director of the School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics, and Public Health, is pleased to announce that Gallaudet will continue to take part in the District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium, an ongoing collaboration of area colleges and universities led by American University.

Gallaudet University Athletics Director Warren Keller, ’10, has announced Brian Bennett, ’12, as the department's first triathlon head coach for the newly established fall program. "We are excited to launch this program for our female student athletes and future Bison," said Keller. "Coach Bennett is...

When Dr. Alicia Wooten was in college, one of her biggest challenges was working with interpreters who weren’t familiar with scientific terms and concepts. She had to teach them signs to use. Barriers like that can make deaf people less likely to pursue careers in the STEM fields. So at an event on May 31, Wooten asked the undergraduates taking part in Accessible and Inclusive Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (AIBIDS) to think about this question: “How do we get people involved who are usually excluded from these spaces?”

Gallaudet University is private property and a popular media destination. Our 99-acre campus includes late 1800s-era buildings in the National Register of Historic Places as well as modern buildings designed with DeafSpace principles. Filming on our campus is welcome but requires prior permission from University...

Directed by Assistant Professor Dr. Geoffrey Whitebread, Gallaudet's Master of Public Administration Program has thrived, and now serves 50 students. About 60 percent of them are already professionals working in the field, while the other 40 percent are recent college graduates looking to launch their careers. This mix has made it important to build in flexibility, Whitebread notes, which is why the program offers both on-campus and fully online options and holds classes in the evenings, allowing students to balance the course work with jobs and family responsibilities. “It’s growing and growing fast because it meets students where they are,” says Lecturer Sean Maiwald, ’16.

The Office for Career Success held a niche fair, a vibrant corporate engagement event, on April 23 in the I. King Jordan Student Academic Center, Sprint Multipurpose Room. Students, alumni, and faculty mingled with representatives from top companies like Fortegra, Amazon, Marriott, Sodexo, Peraton, the...