Wright State Headlines
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Jul 7
Profitable pitch
Wright State entrepreneurship graduate Peyton Hoff used his $6,000 Wright Venture competition prize money to launch Absolute Roofing Services, which has grown into a thriving business. Continue reading
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Jul 3
Wright State alum Lindsay Aitchison fulfills childhood space-agency dream
Wright State engineering alum Lindsay Aitchison received the 2025 College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies Outstanding Alumni Award. Continue reading
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Jul 2
Wright State business professor, alumnus honored by regional technology organizations
Technology First honored Amir Zadeh, professor of management information systems, as the 2024 Tech Educator of the Year and recognized grad Brandon Hubley with the Award of Excellence in the Student Project category. Continue reading
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Jul 1
Wright State University Foundation awards 11 Students First Fund projects
Student-focused initiatives — ranging from wellness and professional development to inclusive leadership and campus spirit — received 2025 Students First Fund grants from the Wright State University Foundation. Continue reading
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Jun 30
Gov. DeWine reappoints Board Treasurer Beth Ferris and names student Ella Vaught to Wright State Board of Trustees
Beth Ferris received a six-year term on the Wright State University Board of Trustees and Ella Vaught, a sophomore marketing major, received a two-year term. Continue reading
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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
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
Tony nominees have local connections
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
Boonshoft School of Medicine student selected as Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow
Medical student at Boonshoft School of Medicine receives fellowship to research prostate cancer at the University of Michigan Medical School. Continue reading
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
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
Video—Wright State student wins Ms. Wheelchair Ohio crown
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.
Raider 101: First Year Programs show students the ropes at Wright State
Instructors were honored with Learning Communities Awards for their outstanding teaching abilities in the Fall 2013 First Year Seminars. Continue reading
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, who is working on her master’s degree in anatomy at Wright State, is investigating how opiates stop a person from breathing. Continue reading
