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A few years ago, Julia Petersen, ’90, was enjoying a Bison football game during Gallaudet Homecoming week. As a longtime mental health therapist/consultant for the Seattle Children’s Hospital Department of Psychiatry, she has supported many Deaf and hard of hearing youth at Seattle Children’s over...

For well over a century, a building that sits prominently near the main entrance to the Gallaudet University campus was called Dawes House, a name that both honors a man who supported Gallaudet in its early days, and who brought despair to untold thousands of...

Dr. Brendan Stern, ’05, an associate professor in the Government and Public Affairs program and executive director of the Center for Democracy in Deaf America, has been presenting on the 2024 presidential election to local Deaf communities throughout the United States. In collaboration with the...

Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year at both Gallaudet University and Clerc Center! This fall promises to be an exciting semester. Here are some of the highlights.  Gallaudet has nine new faculty members, including Dr. Joseph Hill, G-'04 & PhD '11, director of the Center...

The Google Doodle for August 19 features Dorothy “Dot” Miles, ’61, a well-known sign language poet, performer, and political activist from Wales. It appears on what would have been Miles’ 93rd birthday. Created by Korean American Deaf artist Youmee Lee, the Doodle shows Miles signing...

Gallaudet University’s Office of Institutional Advancement held two events in May 2024 to spread awareness about the Necessity of Now (NOW) fundraising campaign.  Gallaudet’s annual President’s Circle Commencement Celebration held on May 9 at Ole Jim was an opportunity for President Roberta J. Cordano, Institutional...

HumanitiesDC has awarded the National Deaf Life Museum a Visions-Projects and Events grant to produce a two-year exhibition led by Indigenous deaf curators. The exhibition will become the focal point of the Museum in Chapel Hall, merging the stories of Indigenous cultures that were the...