Wright State in the News

WYSO: Metal recycling, manufacturing and AI: Wright State receives $3M grant to show they can collide

Two Wright State professors have received a big grant to investigate how AI can transform metal recycling and manufacturing. Continue reading

Dayton Business Journal: $3M NSF grant funds Wright State’s ‘recyclofacturing’ nationwide research project

Natasha and Sean Banerjee, associate professors in Wright State’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, secured a nearly $3 million research grant to spearhead research into a more sustainable metal recycling process. Continue reading

Dayton Daily News: Wright State engineers land $3M federal grant to study scrap metal recycling

Research at Wright State University could transform how scrap metal is recycled into new products. Continue reading

Dayton Business Journal: $2.4M boost puts students on frontlines of mental health shortage at Wright State

A $2.4 million grant has allowed Wright State to not only provide students with hands-on career experience but also support underserved Ohio communities in need of accessible mental health programming. Continue reading

Dayton Daily News: Increasing mental health counseling help in region goal of Wright State initiative

A new initiative involving Wright State University social work and counseling graduate programs will help address the growing need for mental health counseling in the region. Using a $2.4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the initiative … Continue reading

Wright State media highlights, Aug. 25–29

Recent media coverage highlighted Wright State’s community impact, including a mobile street medicine clinic, a nursing professor’s expertise on AI in health care and education and an engineering technology degree pathway developed with Sinclair College. Continue reading

Dayton Business Journal: Sinclair College, Wright State launch engineering technology degree transfer pathway

Two of the largest higher education institutions in the Dayton area are joining forces to meet a critical workforce demand for the region. Sinclair College and Wright State University have launched a new transfer pathway program, giving students a direct … Continue reading

Wright State nursing professor featured in Dayton Daily News on AI’s impact in health care and education

Yi-Hui Lee, Ph.D., professor of nursing at Wright State University, was featured in a Dayton Daily News article about the growing role of artificial intelligence in education and health care. Lee, who spoke on the topic at several national conferences … Continue reading

Wright State media highlights, Aug. 18–22

Recent media coverage highlighted Wright State’s record student move-in, an impactful community service project and the Lake Campus being ranked the best value in Ohio higher education. Continue reading

WHIO-TV: New ranking recognizes Wright State’s Lake Campus as ‘best value’ in Ohio

A new ranking named Wright State University’s Lake Campus as the “best value” among all colleges and universities in Ohio. To rank the institutions, financial planning website SmartAsset evaluated key financial indicators like starting salary for graduates, tuition, cost of … Continue reading