Wright State Headlines
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Oct 23
U.S. Army names Wright State a Center of Excellence for Nursing
The designation makes the Wright State College of Nursing and Health a preferred destination for ROTC cadets who want to work as nurses. Continue reading
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Oct 23
Engineering a better bra
Undergraduate engineering students team with graduates students for a research project. Continue reading
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Oct 22
Growth spurt
An expansion project at the Dayton Regional STEM School, an affiliate of Wright State, includes new classrooms, a place for school assemblies and a gaming research laboratory. Continue reading
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Oct 22
Taking the lead
Inspired by her HERS institute experience, Paula Bubulya wants to help Wright State hire and retain more faculty of color and women in science and expand the mentoring of junior faculty campuswide. Continue reading
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Oct 19
Tunnel of Oppression draws hundreds
The Tunnel of Oppression is an eye-opening experience designed to help first-year students at Wright State University appreciate diversity and fight discrimination. Continue reading
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers study how changes in diet affect intestine
The research study “Dietary Fatty Acids Sustain the Growth of the Human Gut Microbiota” was published online in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Continue reading
Madhavi Kadakia selected to be fellow in academic medicine program for women
Madhavi Kadakia, chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, will serve as a fellow in the ELAM Program for Women at Drexel University College of Medicine. Continue reading
More than skin deep
Wright State alum Katherine Heminger excels as a scientist with Procter and Gamble
Katherine Heminger returned to the university to teach a seminar and meet with Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program students. Continue reading
Journal joy
Research by Wright State senior Marquise Crosby accepted for publication in prestigious science journal
Marquise Crosby, a senior biochemistry and molecular biology major, works as a lab assistant at Wright-Patterson in the Soft Matter Branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. Continue reading
Microbe management
Wright State students Christina Davis and Andrea Poole help team win gold in international synthetic biology competition
As interns at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology students developed a research project for a pill to prevent or minimize bacterial illness among deployed military personnel. Continue reading
Wright State wins $1 million grant to expand undergraduate research in College of Science and Mathematics
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant that promises to expand and further diversify undergraduate research in Wright State University’s College of Science and Mathematics. Continue reading
Wright State to host 19th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium
Tanya Paull, professor in molecular genetics and microbiology at Texas at Austin, and Sergei Mirkin, professor and biology chair at Tufts, will deliver keynote addresses. Continue reading
Workings of protein hold keys to new cancer treatments
Kwang-Jin Cho, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, is working to find better anti-cancer drugs in his lab. Continue reading
Wright State University awarded prestigious Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative from the Office of Naval Research
The Wright State project is focused on discovering epigenetic biomarkers that identify individuals who could benefit from high-intensity training. Continue reading
Douglas W. Leaman named dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
Douglas Leaman is currently chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toledo. Continue reading
