Ida Gray Hampton, ’57, the first Black Deaf woman to graduate from Gallaudet College, passed away on May 19, 2026 in Kissimmee, Florida. She was 90 years old. Following her historic graduation from ...

Linguistics Professor Dr. Julie Hochgesang has just published her book, ASL Signbank through Cambridge University Press’ Cambridge Elements (Sign Language Series). Readers can experience the online ...

Take financial guesswork out of the equation with the Net Price Calculator. This tool estimates how much it will cost for you to spend one year at Gallaudet along with potential scholarship ...

Get a JumpStart on the immersive American Sign Language (ASL) and English experience you’ll encounter at Gallaudet before the start of your first semester. This three-week program is packed with Deaf ...

Linguists, who had previously ignored the sign languages of the world, began to demonstrate that they were natural languages equally capable of communicating abstract thought, emotion, and complex ...

The NAD has always and continues to support and endorse innovative educational programming for deaf children, implanted or not. Such programming should actively support the auditory and speech skills ...

Gallaudet University has had many names over the years. This chronology identifies the official name changes and Institutional growth.

Deaf and hard of hearing people have always known that being deaf or hard of hearing gives them unique strengths and perspectives. The concept is now widely known as Deaf Gain, but the belief has ...

Captioning of television and movies changed deaf life. Since 1958, deaf people have gathered in clubrooms or schools to see films, often captioned as a program of the U.S. Department of Education. As ...

Built in 1870, Chapel Hall was once the main hub of the university, serving as a chapel, auditorium, exhibit center, and dining hall. This picturesque High Victorian Gothic building is on the National ...

“On the 8th Day of the DPN Movement, around 8 p.m. some students were running toward the Field House and signing, ‘WE WON! WE WON! EVERYONE GO TO THE FIELD HOUSE!’ I was already tired from taking ...