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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...

September is National Preparedness Month. This effort, held each year, is to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, schools, and communities. The goal of the month is to raise public awareness about the importance of being prepared for...

Gallaudet University and Rotary District 7620, which covers central Maryland and Washington, D.C., has announced it has reached a scholarship endowment milestone of $500,000. Since the founding of the Rotary District 7620 scholarship fund in 1974, it has supported more than 275 Gallaudet undergraduate and...

Gallaudet University has been selected as a host site for the nationwide traveling exhibition of Shakespeare's First Folio, one of the world's most treasured books. The Folger Shakespeare Library, in partnership with Cincinnati Museum Center and the American Library Association, is touring the exhibition, entitled...

Gallaudet University announced on March 11, 2015, it has been awarded a three-year, $900,000 grant by the W. M. Keck Foundation for a research team led by Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto, a Developmental Cognitive Neuroscientist widely known for her discoveries about the biological foundations of language....

Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, Ind.) won the National Championship Title at the 19th Annual National Academic Bowl for Deaf and Hard and Hearing High School Students hosted by Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. April 25-27. Over the Academic Bowl's 19-year history, Indiana School...

Members of the Gallaudet University community will participate in celebrations this month for the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a national declaration of equality. Gallaudet has an historic link to the ADA. In 1988, the Deaf President Now...

"When Texas native Krystal Johnson, '14, was awarded an internship with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's (USCIS) human resources department, she had no idea what she wanted to become. "I was always interested in the HR field, but I wasn't sure which specific positions...

"Gallaudet University announced on September 2, 2015, it has launched an initiative to encourage the campus community, its surrounding Northeast D.C. area neighbors, as well as alumni and friends around the world, to submit suggestions and ideas to revitalize the university's campus edge at 6th...

Gallaudet alumni Shoshannah Stern, '05 and Josh Feldman, '10 have teamed up to create and star in a new web series, Fridays. Now that Stern and Feldman have done their part, they want viewers to meet them halfway. The pair launched a Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaign...