The criminal justice system impacts many Deaf people in so many ways, says Dr. Erin J. Farley, Associate Professor in Government. She assembled a panel of Gallaudet faculty experts to deliver a ...

The Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge's order requiring the White House to immediately begin providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at its press briefings when ...

A federal judge ordered the White House Tuesday to immediately provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at all press briefings conducted by President Trump or press secretary Karoline ...

March 30th, 1987—21-year-old Marlee Matlin, bespectacled and in a puff-sleeved purple gown, cautiously took the stage and changed the course of film history. Her Best Actress Oscar for the role of ...

In early August, Cindi Martin gave a talk at a national conference in downtown Minneapolis. Hosted by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, the conference is one of the largest convenings for ...

Grade-school age Maya talks with interpreter Angela Blackdeer at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Wacipi, an annual powwow held near Prior Lake on Aug. 16.

Throwback to when a fake sign language interpreter crashed a major police press conference in the U.S.! Derlyn Roberts, a woman with a history of fraud charges, posed as an interpreter during a live ...

Three local Latino service organizations are teaming up for the first time to support food programs that offer culturally relevant items many families need. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson ...

USA (MNN) — A new documentary spotlights a pivotal moment in US Deaf history. “Deaf President Now!” recounts a week of protests held in 1988 at Gallaudet University, the world’s only four-year liberal ...

It’s music to our ears. Approximately 11 million people in the US consider themselves deaf or severely hard of hearing. No medications have been approved to treat hereditary hearing loss, but cochlear ...

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At its I/O 2025 conference, Google announced SignGemma, a new AI model designed to translate sign language into spoken text in real time. Built for on-device use, SignGemma is part of Google’s ...