Monthly Archives: April 2014

Wright State community to celebrate NEC Building construction milestone with topping out ceremony

Wright State will mark a milestone in the construction of the Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building with a toping out ceremony May 2. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Campus Growth, Engineering & Computer Science, Home news sidebar, Medical Research, Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, News, Research, Science & Mathematics |

Dermatologists offer free skin cancer screenings May 12–16

Wright State Physicians will offer free skin cancer screenings to promote early detection and prevention of skin cancers May 12 and 14. Continue reading

Posted in Around Campus, Dermatology, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News |

Tony nominees have local connections

Center of Excellence in Collaborative Education, Leadership and Innovation in the Arts logo

Excerpt The Human Race Theatre Company, the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and Wright State University all have reason to celebrate today. A number of theater professionals responsible for Tony-nominated Broadway shows have local connections. … Wright State grads … Continue reading

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Boonshoft School of Medicine student selected as Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow

Udit Singhal

Medical student at Boonshoft School of Medicine receives fellowship to research prostate cancer at the University of Michigan Medical School. Continue reading

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Engineering students take home top honors at global health competition

Low-cost digital X-ray receptor earns Wright State engineering students top honors at the national health technologies competition. Continue reading

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In demand: Lake Campus engineering students can’t graduate fast enough

Each student from the rapidly growing program who wants full-time engineering work already has a job lined up and waiting. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Engineering & Computer Science, Home news sidebar, Lake Campus, News |

Video—Wright State student wins Ms. Wheelchair Ohio crown

Elizabeth Schrack

Wright State student Elizabeth Schrack won the 2014 Ms. Wheelchair Ohio pageant and will represent the state at a national competition in August. Watch the interview from Fox 45 in the Morning.

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Raider 101: First Year Programs show students the ropes at Wright State

Elsie winners

Instructors were honored with Learning Communities Awards for their outstanding teaching abilities in the Fall 2013 First Year Seminars. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Home news sidebar, News, Undergraduate |

Major construction work on Colonel Glenn Highway next to Wright State to begin May 5

A major road-improvement project on Colonel Glenn Highway will run from May 5 through November.
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Breathing space

Student researcher Ellen Ricker’s work in the lab points to answers on respiration
Ellen Ricker

Ellen Ricker, who is working on her master’s degree in anatomy at Wright State, is investigating how opiates stop a person from breathing. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Anatomy, Graduate, Medicine, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, News, Research, Science & Mathematics |