Monthly Archives: January 2018

Sidney Daily News story: Dual-degree medical student studies addiction at famed clinic

Excerpt Thanks to a week-long stint shadowing a patient at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Megan Smith has a deeper appreciation for the struggles addicts face. The dual-degree student at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine was so … Continue reading

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Ohio Ag Connection story: Wright State Senior a Rising Star in Competitive Eating World

Excerpt Eat an 80-ounce steak in one sitting? No problem. An eight-pound plate of Cincinnati chili? Bring it on. A 30-inch pizza? Child’s play. A 21-scoop ice cream sundae? What’s next? For Wright State University student Ivan Mendoza, competitive eating … Continue reading

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Fairborn Daily Herald story: Record-number of grads complete WSU engineering

Excerpt Fall commencement at Wright State University capped a year that saw a record number of students graduate from the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The 237 graduates, including 20 from … Continue reading

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Sidney Daily News story: Wright State researcher named Fellow

Excerpt Wright State University professor Amit Sheth is a newly elected fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). AAAI is the premier artificial intelligence (AI) professional society. Each year, five to eight distinguished AI researchers are … Continue reading

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Wright State chief of police to launch informal discussion series

The Wright State community can meet with Chief of Police David Finnie and other university police officers during a new discussion series beginning Jan. 17. Continue reading

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Wright State’s 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration to feature Julius Bailey, social justice awards

Wright State will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a Social Justice Award Brunch and screening of a film about Thurgood Marshall as well as participating in a King Day march in Dayton. Continue reading

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London School of Economics blog post: Why it will be difficult for Jeff Sessions to put the genie back into the bottle on marijuana policy

Excerpt Last week, the US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, announced that he would be revoking Obama-era Department of Justice guidance which left the enforcement of marijuana policy to the states by giving prosecutors more discretion to pursue marijuana cases. A. Lee … Continue reading

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DDN story: 2 Wright State online business programs rank in top 20

Excerpt U.S. News & World Report has ranked five of Wright State University online programs among some of the best in the nation. Wright State’s online master’s degree in information systems and its master’s program in logistics and supply chain … Continue reading

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U.S. News ranks Wright State online programs among best for 2018

Wright State’s online bachelor’s degree programs as well as its online graduate programs in business, education, engineering and nursing named among the best in the nation for 2018. Continue reading

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Dual-degree medical student studies addiction at famed clinic

Megan Smith, a Boonshoft School of Medicine student, learned about addiction and recovery while shadowing a patient at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Continue reading

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