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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...

Kaj Kraus, a graduate student in Linguistics working with advisor Dr. Deanna Gagne, has just received a $14,608 award from the National Science Foundation through its NSF 20-538: Linguistics Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Ling-DDRI) Program. His 18-month project (award number NSF 2336589) will explore how English proficiency and working memory affects how deaf and hard of hearing people learn American Sign Language as young adults.

Senior Hannah Wetzel continues to rewrite the Gallaudet Athletics record book in women’s outdoor track and field. Last week, she broke her own school record in the high jump. Earlier this season, she set new records in the long jump and triple jump.   Hannah Wetzel...

The roadway between the Hanson Plaza East and West garages has a new look! Last week, the Student Body Government (SBG) held a mural festival. The theme was “Bloom Where You Are Planted.” With extra hands from the community, three of our students completed the...