and the structure of signed languages. We use video and optical motion capture to study: the phonetics of ASL the relationship between sign phonetics and phonology how signing is affected by adult ...

Commencement not only sent the Class of 2026 out into the world, but it also recognized a group of retired professors who have helped shape Gallaudet into the remarkable institution it is today. These ...

Wadha Alshammari, G-’26, stood on the Commencement stage and smiled at the crowd. As her eyes passed over her fellow graduates, she pointed at them. “All of you have something special inside. When ...

Raphael Domingo, PhD ’22 is accustomed to being a leader as a co-founder of the Philippine Federation of the Deaf and its youngest president at just 21 years old. Known as Dx. Rafa, they use ...

Earlier this year, Gallaudet University established a Gene Editing Think Tank, building on years of sustained conversation, panel discussions, and community engagement around genetics, ethics, and ...

Gallaudet alumnus and actor Emilio Insolera, ’03, stars in Feel My Voice, a new Italian film that features authentic deaf roles. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on April 3. It is available ...

What does the future hold for sign language and artificial intelligence? No one knows for sure, but at the inaugural SLxAI Summit in Boston this week, a group of researchers, innovators, and ...

Wildfires, bears, and rabid signers? Just another walk in the park for Liz Jarashow, ’14. Jarashow is the first deaf person known to have completed the Triple Crown of Hiking. The title belongs to ...

Gallaudet University Press recently published Sign Language Interpreting for Theatre: A Collaborative Approach, by three veteran theatre interpreters working in New York City: Lynnette Taylor, ...

In February 1976, Black History Month was recognized by a sitting American President for the first time. That same year, Gallaudet’s Tower Clock yearbook included a new student group called the Ebony ...

Dr. Ronald Eugene Sutcliffe, ’59, Dean Emeritus at Gallaudet University, passed away on January 25, 2026, in Ames, Iowa, at the age of 90. A towering figure in the Deaf community in both Iowa and ...

You’re on a first date and it’s going super well. All of a sudden, you notice that your date has a booger on the edge of one nostril. Should you say something? Yes or No? A grant gave CDDA Executive ...