Gallaudet University News

Krishneer Sen and his mother Reena Sen at Wainivula. A DEAF Fiji student, 22-year-old Krishneer Sen has won a prestigious scholarship to a university in the United States.

Students are working intently inside and outside classrooms at the California School for the Deaf to resolve challenges their disability presents them each day.

"It is interesting to see that deaf people can function in the hearing world very well while hearing people cannot function well in a deaf world." - Gil Eastman, Gallaudet Theater Arts Professor.

When Brad Holt was just 6 years old, he was helping his mother communicate with the outside world.

President Obama recently made a historic pledge on gay rights that moved our country closer to that original promise of "liberty and justice for all." In my Washington, D.C., neighborhood, gays are not only "out" but out and about: Same-sex couples hold hands on the street and laugh and chat at tables in restaurants.

Nancy Forsberg was appointed principal of the junior and senior high and C.A.T.S. at The American School for the Deaf , West Hartford .

Interpreter Marc Schmitz and Gig Harbor High School American Sign Language teacher Dean Roberts during the teacher's planning period last Wednesday.

MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE are expected to descend upon California School for the Deaf this homecoming weekend to celebrate the institution's 150th anniversary.

AWARD WINNER: Krishneer Sen has been recognised with a study scholarship for his advocacy work for the deaf community.

Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. - the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf and hard of hearing - has selected T. Alan Hurwitz as its new president, the school announced Sunday.

The nation's premier university for deaf and hard of hearing students chose a new president Sunday, but the school's choice isn't likely to stir the same protests that shut down the campus when a new leader was named three years ago.

Today the new president of Gallaudet University was announced. The 10th president of Gallaudet University is: Dr.

The nation's premier university for deaf and hard of hearing students will soon have a new president, but the school's choice isn't likely to stir the same protests that shut down the campus when a new leader was named three years ago.

Monday, October 12, 2009 Chief Dennis Rubin takes full responsibility for sprinkler demo mishap.

The District's fire union is blasting the city's fire chief for poor safety conditions during a recent sprinkler demonstration.

Catherine Raggio, Maryland secretary of disabilities, left, leads students at Ridgely Middle School in a presentation on Oct.

Three D.C. firefighters had to be extinguished after catching fire at a sprinkler demonstration last week, and the department head is taking the blame.

Fire Chief Dennis Rubin took full responsibility today for a scene that played out at a sprinkler demonstration last week that he said looked like a "comedy act." Rubin appeared on Firehouse.com Contributor Ed Comeau's Fire Marshal's Corner podcast on Radio@Firehouse.com that was recorded earlier today to address what happened during the Oct.

Fire Marshala s Corner: Learning from the D.C. Live Burn Ed Comeau talks with Washington D.C. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin about a recent live burn demonstration that left a firefighter suffering minor burns.

A drill nearly turns disastrous for some Washington, D.C. firefighters. They were training on how to put out a dorm fire at Gallaudet University, when some plastic in the mock room caught fire and dropped onto their heads.