Wright State Headlines
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Nov 25
New entrepreneurship center opens at Wright State to help veterans, spouses start, expand businesses
The Veterans Business Outreach Center at Wright State provides support and resources to veterans and their spouses who want to start a business. Continue reading
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Nov 25
Wright State grad Deah Lieurance to discuss invasive species during Wayne Carmichael Lecture in Environmental Sciences
Deah Lieurance, an assistant professor of invasive species biology and management at Penn State, will discuss “Expanding the predictive ‘toolbox’ to stop invasive species dead in their tracks” on Dec. 2 at Wright State. Continue reading
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Nov 22
Wright State’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures adds director, plans to grow
New director and faculty have big plans for Wright State University’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures. Continue reading
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Nov 21
Wright State departments create powerful collaboration researching threats to expectant mothers, babies
A collaboration between Wright State’s departments of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology connects scientific research and clinical practice with patients. Continue reading
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Nov 20
Wright State nursing students to offer Stop the Bleed training in Wilmington
Wright State University nursing students will train residents in Wilmington how to staunch the flow of blood in an emergency on Nov. 22. Continue reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
WSU president elected to highest NCAA Division I governing board
((Excerpt)) Dr. David Hopkins, the Wright State University president, has been elected to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors, the highest governing body in Division I. The board is one step below the Executive Committee, which oversees all of … Continue reading
Consumers Question Fluctuating Gas Prices
((Excerpt)) On Monday, News Center 7 found gas at $3.98 a gallon. Last Thursday, prices were at $4.15 a gallon for regular unleaded. Why the roller coaster in prices?Professor of Economics at Wright State University John Blair said the answer … Continue reading
Osama bin Laden’s DNA: How Sure Is 99.9 Percent Sure?
((Excerpt)) Dan Krane, a professor of genetics and a DNA expert at Wright State University in Ohio, says modern-day rapid DNA tests can look at short tandem repeat sequences in the DNA. Tests that analyze these are indeed incredibly accurate, … Continue reading
Local DNA Expert Explains Identifying Osama Bin Laden
Video((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN — A Wright State University professor and DNA expert sheds some light on how officials identified Osama Bin Laden’s body. Professor Dan Krane has worked hundreds of cases in the past 20 years, many of them high profile, … Continue reading
Students place straw to destroy toxic algae
((Excerpt)) GRAND LAKE – Seven graduate students from Wright State University assembled 100 barley straw bundles and placed them in channels at Behm’s Landing during the weekend. As the straw rots, it will release enzymes that kill toxic blue-green algae. … Continue reading
Air Force base work likely played role in bin Laden’s downfall, some believe
((Excerpt)) Vaughn Shannon, a Wright State University political science professor and expert on terrorism, said it’s his understanding that “newer models of high-altitude surveillance” were involved in identifying and monitoring bin Laden’s compound about an hour from Islamabad, Pakistan. He … Continue reading
Aviation Psychology Symposium
This week at Wright State
The need to improve cockpit displays for threats such as wind shear… Continue reading
