While working out at the Ithaca College Fitness Center one night, Kristin Olson ’10 saw a poster that caught her attention. “I saw this amazing picture of people walking up the summit of El Dorado Peak in Washington State,” Olson says. “It looked so incredible, and I thought to myself, I’ve never done anything like that...

On Wednesday, June 23, at exactly 7:53 a.m., I took my seat in the second row of a giant lecture hall, anxiously awaiting the start of the human anatomy orientation. At 8:00 a.m., Jeff Houck, associate professor of physical therapy, stood in front of the auditorium with a welcoming smile and a stack of syllabi in his arms.

Thus began my...

On September 15, Ithaca College's School of Health Sciences and Human Performance and Sustainable Tompkins  joined together for a health and sustainability conference to discuss the link between health concerns and sustainability. 

Presenters discussed the methods in which the community could tackle health concerns, such as global ...

Two members of the Ithaca College community will be receiving awards this June at the American Physical Therapy Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in Denver, CO.

Professor Charles D. Ciccone, PT, PhD is one of 12 physical therapists selected to receive the association's highest honor, the Catherine Worthingham Fellow award. To receive this...

At the 12th annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society meeting April 11-14 in Springfield, MA., Candace Nomides, an Ithaca College physical therapy graduate student, presented her research on ankle strength of people with tendonitis. Her research, conducted over the past nine months, was funded by a grant from the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society. She has been doing...