Monthly Archives: July 2011

Wright State University to lead $11.4 million initiative

State investment will spur aerospace and defense job growth in Dayton region
Photo of a Wright State researcher demonstrating the Appenzeller Visualization Laboratory.

Wright State University will lead a new initiative with industry to grow Ohio’s aerospace and defense workforce… Continue reading

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Pre-college kids making big discoveries

Photo of six pre-teen students showing off their roller coasters they made in the "Investigation STEM" pre college camp.

The Office of Pre-College Programs offers a wide variety of week-long learning opportunities… Continue reading

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Schum selected Second Team All-American by CollegeBaseballInsider.com

Photo of Michael Schum, a junior relief pitcher on the Wright State baseball team.

Michael Schum, a junior pitcher on the Wright State baseball team… Continue reading

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Cast, director get a kick out of killer musical

((Excerpt)) Dionysia Williams, a graduate of Wright State University near Dayton who spent a year in the Professional Touring Company associated with the troupe, has re-created the Fosse choreography. ColumbusDispatch.com

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Ohio colleges recruit more out of state

((Excerpt)) Local institutions such as Wright State and Central State universities, which have a mission of providing affordable access to college, are also developing programs to recruit more aggressively out-of-state. Central State, already a nationally known historically black university, is … Continue reading

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Ghosts of Yellowstone

A changing wildlife ecosystem captured by bones on a modern landscape
Photo of a bison cranium on the ground with a tap measure beside it.

Joshua Miller uses bones to study animal population trends… Continue reading

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RULH students experience science during oceanography trip

((Excerpt)) RIPLEY, Ohio — A select group of students from Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School got to do more than study science this summer. They were able to interact with it while on an oceanography trip sponsored by two … Continue reading

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Book Review | ‘The Whites of their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army and the Emergence of George Washington’

((Excerpt)) Politicians are always invoking America’s founding — and often getting it wrong.The truth is, though, nearly all of us get the facts wrong, too. In “The Whites of Their Eyes,” Wright State University history professor Paul Lockhart clears up … Continue reading

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Pre-college students become toymakers, go on safari, learn to sew

Photo of an extreme close up of a sewing needle being thread by a young girl.

The Office of Pre-College Programs offers a wide variety of week-long learning opportunities… Continue reading

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Lloyd named Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year

First Horizon League female athlete to earn both indoor and outdoor athlete of the year honors in back-to-back seasons
Photo of Wright State hurdler Cassandra Lloyd.

Lloyd (Springfield, OH/South) became the only Horizon League track All-American in 2011… Continue reading

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