Monthly Archives: June 2013

Literature, sociology instructors team up to offer ‘clustered’ learning opportunity this fall

Students who enjoy television crime dramas or good murder-mystery novels may want to consider a cluster of classes this fall that’s poised to be the first-of-its-kind at Wright… Continue reading

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Student launching health inspection career

It’s something we often take for granted. We assume the air we breathe is not polluted. We assume the food we eat at restaurants won’t make us sick… Continue reading

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Protecting the future by remembering the past

Wright State police officer and emancipated foster child relishes chance to serve young people on campus

Wright State patrolman Kurt Holden entered the foster care system at such an early age he doesn’t remember when it all began… Continue reading

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Wright State sees boom in neuroscience

Excerpt With a state-of-the-art facility under construction and millions of dollars in grant funding pouring in, neuroscience is on the rise at Wright State University. Driven by interest from students, a flood of physician talent and collaboration from area hospitals … Continue reading

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Dayton-area universities provide training for Ohio’s burgeoning energy industry

Excerpt The University of Dayton and Wright State University will provide training for Ohio’s emerging natural gas and crude oil industry. The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program, or OOGEEP, has compiled a list of programs offered by the … Continue reading

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Social Entrepreneurship Fund helps those helping others

A Wright State professor who helped direct students in constructing low-cost medical equipment for developing countries, and another whose pioneering research has helped… Continue reading

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Wright State Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine offers sports performance camps at Wright State

Wright Way Sports Performance and Rehabilitation is offering two camps this summer at its state-of-the-art facility in the Wright State Physicians medical office building… Continue reading

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Academic advisor published in international journal

Jennifer Papadakis, an academic advisor for Wright State’s College of Science and Mathematics, has been published by the National ACademic ADvising Association… Continue reading

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A slap in the face: professor examines psychology behind the insult in new book

Wright State Professor William Irvine examines why we should overcome our inclinations to insult others, in A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt—And Why They Shouldn’t. Continue reading

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