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Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition

As a graduate student in Ghana, Brenda Abu witnessed the toll of anemia, a condition that afflicts as many as 70 percent of the children and 45 percent of the women in that West African nation. Her experiences convinced Abu to pursue a career researching nutrition, specifically looking for ways to reduce anemia in mothers and their children.

Students in RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition spent two weeks traversing Ghana as part of a global research experience to learn more about the toll of anemia on the West African nation’s women and children.

Students in RIT’s nutrition programs have created a tour of calcium-rich foods for Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival.

RIT is offering a new BS degree in nutritional sciences for students who want to apply nutrition concepts and principles to careers outside the clinical domain of registered dietetics nutrition.

Nina Hullett, who will earn her BS degree in nutrition management, is on the path to becoming a registered dietitian.

RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology is offering a BS degree in exercise science, with its first freshman class beginning in the fall semester.

She's a health and nutrition reporter, and she's also a radio show host. Liz Bonis educates with a style all her own. It's entertainingly informative, not academic.