Wright State Headlines
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Apr 25
Bottom Line, Wright State partnership aims to increase access to college
Wright State is partnering with Bottom Line, a nonprofit organization that partners with first-generation students from under-resourced backgrounds, to expand access to higher education to more students in the Dayton region. Continue reading
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Apr 25
Wright State’s nursing program celebrates 50th anniversary
Wright State’s nursing program prepares students to deliver excellent patient care, advocate for improved patient outcomes and help advance the nursing profession. Continue reading
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Apr 24
Wright State celebrates Student Success Champions
Recipients of the University Awards for Student Success Champions were recognized for exemplary service, collaboration, tutoring, leadership, advising and teaching. Continue reading
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Apr 23
Wright State gold team captures 2024 Horizon League team title, Flynn individual champion
The Wright State men’s golf team captured the 2024 Horizon League Championship as Andrew Flynn defeated teammate Timmy Hollenbeck on the second playoff hole to grab top individual honors. Continue reading
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Apr 23
118 medical students to graduate from Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine April 28
The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine will hold its spring 2024 graduation ceremony on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. in the Wright State Nutter Center. Continue reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Celebrating Wright State’s 50th: Alphonso Smith
Like many of his peers, Alphonso Smith planned to work at Wright State only a few years, but ended up staying for his entire career at the university that he helped build. Continue reading
Interdisciplinary team awarded grants to transform primary care curriculum and opioid addiction training
The federal grant will help transform the primary care curriculum across faculty and graduate and undergraduate programs in family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics in addition to nurse practitioner and physician assistant programs. Continue reading
Video virtuoso
Wright State alum Kevin Cornell named Ohio’s 2016 PBS Lead Digital Innovator
Kevin Cornell, a two-time Wright State graduate, teaches kids about science through his popular YouTube channel. Continue reading
DDN story: Wright State graduate student’s work as ballet teacher with disabled featured
Excerpt Wright State University graduate student Jodi Villars, a longtime ballet dancer, has been teaching dance for 10 years, but she now is teaching a type of ballet that is new to her and that helps those with disabilities. The … Continue reading
Wright State sociology professor featured in WYSO Curious segment
Excerpt Dr. Marlese Durr is a sociologist at Wright State. She says those types of experiences stick with people and get passed down. After the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Durr wrote an article titled “What is the Difference between Slave … Continue reading
DDN story: Wright State professor wins national award for advancing disability issues
Excerpt Wright State University professor Julie Williams has won a prestigious national award for advancing disability issues in psychology and beyond. Williams received the Distinguished Contributions to the Advancement of Disability Issues Award from the American Psychological Association during the … Continue reading
Wright State faculty to lead community conversations on books of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Community conversations pair faculty with community leaders and other experts to facilitate wide-ranging discussion of themes and issues raised in books that have won the award. Continue reading
Wright State researcher gives Dayton City Paper ‘a crash course in plant reproduction’
Excerpt Some parts of life are inescapable: death, taxes, and, apparently for this writer, bug sex. Hear me out—I went to professor Don Cipollini’s lab with honorable intentions. I wanted a botany lesson, a family-friendly educational experience. But as it … Continue reading
Wright state of mind
Two sisters and their cousin have more than family in common: they all majored in psychology at Wright State. Continue reading
DDN story: Scene75 expanding out of market, investing in partnership with RSCoB professional business institute
Excerpt Scene75 has also partnered with Wright State University and created a professional business institute. Last week, more than 20 high school students from around Ohio participated in the week-long “business camp” to look at challenges facing Scene 75. Professors, Wright … Continue reading
