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University of Connecticut Interpreting Services (UCIS) cultivates universal inclusion and meaningful access by ensuring a comprehensively accessible educational environment for d/Deaf and hard of hearing students, faculty, staff, and visitors through the provision of exceptional communication access services, leading technologies, community-building enterprises, and educational programming that respond to the dynamic academic, professional, and cultural demands of a public research university.

UCIS and ASL Open House 2019
This year, UConn Interpreting Services will be about the new ASL major and developments within our interpreting services on October 3rd from 4 PM to 7 PM located in the Heritage Room (fourth floor of Homer Babbidge Library). All are welcomed to RSVP on our Facebook (@UConnInterpretingServices) or by email at lyndsay.douvier@uconn.edu. Hope to see […]

New American Sign Language Studies Major
American Sign Language studies major announced for Fall 2020 A Daily Campus Article by Rachel Philipson on April 29, 2019 Last Wednesday, the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees approved of a new American Sign Language Studies major beginning in the fall of 2020. The decision has been a long time coming—the initial […]

Daily Campus Profile on the Deaf community at UConn
“I interpret for the Deaf and the Hearing”: A Profile on the Deaf community at UConn A Daily Campus Article By Rachel Philipson on April 29, 2019 Whether an American Sign Language interpreter is signing in front of thousands of people or over a video call, an interpreter is there to help communication […]

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