Monthly Archives: April 2019

Organized duffel bag wins entrepreneur contest

Wright Venture is an entrepreneurial opportunity modeled after “Shark Tank,” an ABC–TV reality competition series that features aspiring entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of potential investors. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Business, Graduate, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, Info. Systems & Supply Chain Management, News, Videos |

News-Sun: Wright State University joins federal effort aimed at reducing opioid deaths

Wright State University will team up with experts from five other universities – including Ohio State – to join a federal effort aimed at reducing opioid deaths by 40 percent over the next three years. Health and Human Services Secretary … Continue reading

Posted in Wright State in the News |

Wright State students reflect on Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Wright State University students spent their spring break on a pilgrimage to historical sites associated with the civil rights movement. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Home news sidebar, Liberal Arts, News, Social Sciences and International Studies |

Ahead of her time

Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter has been a trailblazer for more than a century

The Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter Dance Scholarship benefits students studying dance at Wright State. Continue reading

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

Wright State women’s bowling team wins national title

Wright State’s women club bowling team won its first national championship since 2015. Continue reading

Posted in Home news sidebar, News |

Wright State students brainstorm solutions to plastic in oceans at Innovation Weekend

Wright State students from across the university came together to devise solutions to plastic waste in the world’s oceans at the spring Innovation Weekend. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Home news sidebar, News, Science & Mathematics |

Extreme behavior

Wright State researchers Terry Oroszi and David Ellis offer identifying characteristics of American terrorists in their new book

New book seeks to halt the recruitment of American citizens by terror organizations as well as to identify the common traits of terrorists. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Research |

‘I am a warrior’

Theatre studies major Nerissa Jheanelle finds her voice with impressive display of theatre and performing arts

Nerissa Jheanelle, a theatre studies major, has been prolific at Wright State, producing a play, a dance, a movie and a musical. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Arts Scene, Fine and Performing Arts, Liberal Arts, News, Student Profile |

Deere to her heart

Wright State alumna Elizabeth Conzo-Kershner ’00 flourishes as a leader in precision agriculture at John Deere

Elizabeth Conzo-Kershner helped establish a Student Government scholarship when she was a student and to get it endowed in 2018. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Alumni Association, Alumni Profile, Business, Economics, Home news sidebar, Magazine, News |

A vision of love and community

In the 13-year history of the African American Alumni Society’s scholarship program, countless black students’ lives have been enriched through education and community

Wright State alumni collaborated with the Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center to establish the African American Alumni Society scholarship. Continue reading

Posted in Alumni, Alumni Association, Giving, Home news sidebar, Magazine, News, Social Sciences and International Studies |