Monthly Archives: March 2012

Lake Campus Regional Summit to examine businesses, worker training

Photo of Wright State University president David R. Hopkins speaking at the 2011 Lake Campus Regional Summit.

Workforce training, social media and how the arts can spur economic development will be the focus of Wright State University Lake Campus’s second annual Regional Summit. Continue reading

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Greek students stack cans for charity

Photo of Wright State Greeks students that partcipated in the second-annual Pan Hellenic canned food sculpture contest.

A purple and gold Mardi Gras float decked out in refried beans and Campbells’ soup. A giant mask of green beans and black-eyed peas. Continue reading

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Planned water shutdowns during spring break

Photo of construction equipment in front of Oelman Hall.

Wright State University is well into the yearlong water pipe replacement project. Continue reading

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Wright State researchers share expertise on concussions with middle-schooler

Photo of Samantha Rowland with Wright State researchers

When 9-year-old Jake Rowland collided with another soccer player and came crashing to the concrete-like turf that August day in Springfield, he didn’t get up. Continue reading

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Video—Wright State Students Help Amputee Veterans

((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN — Every year, 150-thousand amputation are performed. Some of those are our veterans. Often times the prosthetics are uncomfortable and even painful. But a group of students at Wright State University are working on ways to improve the … Continue reading

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Women’s Center and Women’s Studies sponsor scholar-in-residence

Photo of Jennifer McWeeny, Ph.D.

Wright State students in the women’s studies program will be getting a visitor to their lectures this week, and the general public will be treated… Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Home news sidebar, Liberal Arts, News, Social Sciences and International Studies, Special Categories, Women's Center |

Pre-College Programs to host 11th Annual Miami Valley Camp Fair

Photo of a student with a craft bug.

The event allows parents to learn about the many summer opportunities available around the Miami Valley. Continue reading

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Nadja Grobe, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in pharmacology and toxicology with the Boonshoft School of Medicine, won first place in the poster competition at the Gordon Research Conference on Angiotensin. The title of her paper is “Novel insights into renal … Continue reading

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New framework for teaching science to students to be presented at Wright State

Photo of Brian Riser

Science classes have long been built on memorizing facts. And there are a staggering amount—facts on everything from the solar system to geology to anatomy to plant life to microorganisms. Continue reading

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WSU prosthetic project may help vets, add jobs

((Excerpt)) Wright State University student researchers are investigating how to build more comfortable artificial limbs for war veterans, and a Dayton area manufacturer could build the new design if it has a patent. If successful, the project could have a … Continue reading

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