Faculty & Staff

Vietnamese refugee Caroline Cao boosts Wright State’s expertise in medical imaging and human-factors engineering

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It was post-war Saigon—deep in the night. Ten-year-old Caroline Cao and her family quietly slipped out of their home and made for the coast. Continue reading

Wright State’s Thaddeus Tarpey honored nationally for statistics work

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Odds are that Wright State professor Thaddeus Tarpey would land in the statistics hall of fame sooner or later. Looks like sooner. Continue reading

Li named dean of Raj Soin College of Business

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Joanne Li, professor and chair of the Department of Finance at Towson University in Maryland, has been named dean of Wright State University’s Raj Soin College of Business. Continue reading

Film professors’ work now part of Duke University archives

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The pioneering films of Julia Reichert and Jim Klein are part of a collection added to Duke’s Archive of Documentary Arts. Continue reading

Bruce Cromer, professor of Acting and Movement in the Department of Theatre Arts, Dance, and Motion Pictures, will play Dan in the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati’s rock musical “Next to Normal” during the second and third weeks of June.  This … Continue reading

Peter K. Lauf, M.D., professor emeritus, physiology & biophysics, pathology, has been selected by the American Physiological Society to participate in its “Living Legends in Physiology History” project. The Society encourages its members to interview senior physiologists at their institutions … Continue reading

Wright State campus planner Michael Schulze dies while trail biking

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Michael Schulze, who was instrumental in helping design new buildings and plan growth at Wright State University, died while trail biking at a park near the university. Continue reading

Urban affairs professor named a Woman of Influence

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Jennifer Subban, Ph.D., was one of seven women honored at the YWCA Dayton’s Women of Influence awards. Continue reading

Nadja Grobe, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in pharmacology and toxicology with the Boonshoft School of Medicine, won first place in the poster competition at the Gordon Research Conference on Angiotensin. The title of her paper is “Novel insights into renal … Continue reading

Wright State’s Tony Ortiz appointed to Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs

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Gov. John Kasich has appointed Tony Ortiz, Latino community liaison for Wright State University, to the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs. Continue reading