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June 27, 2013
Competitive STEM program at UW targets deaf, hard of hearing students
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The Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing at the University of Washington is the only program of its kind in the nation that offers a full quarter of academic credit to incoming college students or those who just finished their first year.