Rochester Institute of Technology News
Exercise Science BS

Arriving at RIT for the first time can be daunting; it means new faces, new (mostly brick) buildings, and some unwritten rules that students must learn on their own. We asked a few seasoned Tigers for advice on the RIT student experience.

Hassan Aziz will join RIT from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he currently serves as dean and professor of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. He starts on Aug. 1. 

Jason Rich, lecturer in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition, is featured on the Skin in the Game podcast, speaking about the development of the young athlete and pressures to perform.

With aspirations to work for the NFL, Gabe McMurtrie’s interest in athletic performance made RIT’s exercise science program a natural fit, giving him a strong foundation in human mechanics, physiology, and sport psychology.

RIT students enrolled in a global public health class spent a weeklong field trip in the Dominican Republic examining healthcare and emergency services.

When David, a third-year exercise science major, heard about the study abroad program offered through RIT Global, he was determined to go and to take his sister with him. In June, the Brassies left for the six-week program at Perrotis College, where they would study the Mediterranean diet and Greek culture.

The Rochester Business Journal features the Human Movement Lab and talks to Jason Rich, lecturer in the exercise science program. (This content may require a subscription to view.)

RIT Athletics and the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition partnered with Monroe High School in the Rochester City School District to bring student athletes to campus earlier this semester for hands-on learning about sports and nutrition.

RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology is preparing for significant growth with a new streamlined organizational structure. The move clarifies direct reporting and aligns the college with the university’s model of grouping programs under departments.

Three student teams showed what technology, the arts, and design means at RIT. They designed technology to help astronauts keep physically fit in space, incorporated virtual reality to enhance signing and captioning support for the Deaf, and built a modern sculpture of the human body made of computers.

Students and faculty from the exercise science program are using high-speed cameras, motion capture technology, and other sensors to analyze the motions of RIT baseball players as they swing the bat.

Fox Rochester features Bill Brewer, senior lecturer and director of the exercise science program, about improving heart health with a healthy diet and exercise.