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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

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

Wright State sculptor’s work to be featured at Town and Country

Wright State sculptor’s work to be featured at Town & Country

This month at the Town & Country Fine Art Center at the Town & Country Shopping Center in Kettering, Macaulay’s exhibition Thomas Macaulay: Selected Objects Retrospective… Continue reading

New transplant team joins faculty of Boonshoft School of Medicine

Three new transplant surgeons expand transplant services and research at Miami Valley Hospital
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The new team will also focus on cutting-edge research in the transplant field. Continue reading

Wright State web team showcases website redesign at DrupalCamp

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The university’s web team has been hard at work transitioning the Wright State website to a content management system called Drupal. Continue reading

Wright State professors’ first film added to National Film Registry

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Julia Reichert and Jim Klein’s 1971 documentary Growing Up Female has been selected to join the list of landmark works of American cinema. Continue reading

A very Raider wedding

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Two longtime Wright State employees recently tied the knot in the library where they met. Continue reading

Local media visit Wright State library, interview professor about Pearl Harbor

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The Wright State University Friends of the Libraries display Infamy—December 7, 1941, attracted local news attention… Continue reading

IDSE Senior Advisor McCoy wins lifetime achievement award in logistics

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A recently retained senior advisor to Wright State University’s Institute for Defense Studies and Education has received a top national honor… Continue reading