Yearly Archives: 2018

Nicole Scherzinger will visit Wright State to give talk for students, receive Alumna of Year Award

The famed singer, actress and dancer will visit Wright State on Monday, Aug. 27, for several private events in the Festival Playhouse in the Creative Arts Center. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Arts Scene, Fine and Performing Arts, Home news sidebar, Liberal Arts, News |

Paul Carney selected to oversee enrollment management at Wright State on interim basis

Paul Carney, a highly experienced specialist in enrollment management, has been selected to oversee enrollment management at Wright State University on an interim basis. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Business, Engineering & Computer Science, Enrollment Management, Health and Exercise Sciences, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, Liberal Arts, News, Offices, Science & Mathematics, Special Categories |

Naval force

Wright State medical student Christiana Draper brings Navy experience to medical school, neuroengineering research

Christiana Draper, an M.D./Ph.D. student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, won a National Institutes of Health Diversity Supplement Award to support for her ALS research. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Medical Students, Medicine, Military & Veterans, News, Research, Student Profile, Women in STEMM |

Operation Move-In

On Thursday, August 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wright State University students will move onto campus in a collaborative effort that takes only a few hours. Continue reading

Posted in Around Campus, Enrollment Management, Home news sidebar, News, Offices, Residence Life & Housing, Special Categories |

Boonshoft School of Medicine Family Medicine student group wins AAFP Program of Excellence Award

The American Academy of Family Physicians recognized the Family Medicine Interest Group of the Boonshoft School of Medicine as one of its 2018 Program of Excellence Award winners. Continue reading

Posted in Family Medicine, Medical Students, Medicine, News |

Leaving your legacy

On Aug. 13, a new bench was installed by the Wright State Ground Department in Alumni Grove, in the area between the Student Union, the Russ Engineering Center and the Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building. Continue reading

Posted in Alumni, Alumni Association, Around Campus, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, News, Videos |

Wright State receives $13.5M in capital funding from the state

The projects supported by the state budget include renovations in Dunbar Library, repairs to the tunnels and an upgrade to the wireless and wired networks at the Dayton Campus. Continue reading

Posted in Around Campus, Facilities & Planning, Home news sidebar, Libraries, News, Student Union |

Wright State’s academic core largely protected in cost-cutting campaigns

While every unit at Wright State shared in the reductions, the cuts have been driven by the priority of protecting the university’s academic core. Continue reading

Posted in Home news sidebar |

LANA director Julia Acosta appointed to ACE Women’s Network executive board

Julia Acosta will encourage faculty and staff to get involved as partners across the state to increase the number of women in leadership positions in higher education. Continue reading

Posted in Education & Leadership, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, News, Staff, Women in STEMM |

VentureBeat: Wright State researchers part of team using use AI to match patients with primary care doctors

Excerpt Finding a primary care doctor is simpler than it used to be, thanks to on-demand services like ZocDoc, SimplyBook, and Doodle. But matching up with a clinician who’s compatible with your (or your family’s) personality is another story. Researchers … Continue reading

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