Monthly Archives: April 2020

Dayton Daily News: Should you cover your face in public?

DDN: Boost in confirmed coronavirus cases expected as testing ramps up in Ohio

Excerpt The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that Americans cover their faces when leaving home, especially around other people. Ohioans are being urged to consider wearing simple masks over their mouths in public, and locally more … Continue reading

Posted in Wright State in the News |

President Edwards connects with students and employees in Webex chats

The online chats provide community members with a chance to ask questions and share ideas, get updates and connect remotely with colleagues and peers. Continue reading

Posted in Coronavirus, Faculty & Staff, Home news sidebar, News, President |

On the map

Wright State faculty member Daniel Warshawsky honored with prestigious national geography award

Daniel Warshawsky, associate professor of geography in the School of Public and International Affairs, received the 2020 Helen Ruth Aspaas SAGE Innovator Award. Continue reading

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

International students transitioning to Wright State quiz faculty on test-taking, course-load

LEAP students, who will transition to Wright State in the next two semesters, asked questions of faculty members during a discussion in February. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Home news sidebar, International Students, Liberal Arts, News |

Lake Campus nursing program loans hospital beds to help with coronavirus pandemic

Wright State Lake Campus nursing program loaned hospital beds to Mercer Health, while the Criminal Justice Police Academy will donate protective gloves to Mercer Health and the Wapakoneta Police Department. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Coronavirus, Health and Exercise Sciences, Home news sidebar, Lake Campus, News |

Wright State Boonshoft professor, M.D., quoted in Time, New York Times, Reuters

Excerpt Time: Your Doctor’s Appointments Have Been Canceled. Are At-Home Tests a Good Solution The benefits of at-home testing are obvious. It’s convenient, confidential and potentially improves health care for people in areas where access is limited. The COVID-19 outbreak … Continue reading

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Gary LeRoy ’88 featured in national news articles on coronavirus

Gary LeRoy, associate dean of student affairs and admissions at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, has been a popular source for media during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Coronavirus, Family Medicine, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News |

Wright State biologist Don Cipollini says research results on emerald ash borer may offer lessons on coronavirus

Cipollini says the coronavirus encounters a new habitat of humans lacking resistance, starts to infect people in a largely undetected fashion, spreads exponentially, peaks and then declines. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Biology, Coronavirus, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Ph.D., Graduate, Home news sidebar, News, Research, Science & Mathematics |