Author Archives: Bob Mihalek

Concert to feature classical music inspired by World War I

Fourth annual “Poetry and Music Concert” on April 24 continues Wright State’s yearlong World War I project. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Arts Scene, Faculty, Fine and Performing Arts, Home news sidebar, Humanities and Cultural Studies, Liberal Arts, News |

Video: Calamityville opens for industry training

Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville is starting to offer safety training for industry workers. The new Industrial Safety Workforce Development Training program will initially focus on fall protection training and will expand to include confined space training. … Continue reading

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ArtsGala features night of unparalleled entertainment

Fine and performing arts students displayed their rich talents throughout the Creative Arts Center during ArtsGala March 28. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Arts Scene, ArtsGala, Faculty & Staff, Fine and Performing Arts, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, Liberal Arts, News, Photos, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries |

Blind veteran and adventurer Steve Baskis to give Presidential Lecture at Wright State

Steve Baskis headshot

Steve Baskis’ Presidential Lecture at Wright State will be preceded by a video and speaker series on PTSD beginning April 2. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Disability Services, Education & Leadership, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, Military & Veterans, News, Student Union |

In neuroscience, Dayton begins to make mark

Excerpt Wright State University is readying to open its $37 million Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building, a structure university leaders promise will be a unique hub where neurology, medicine, engineering and computer science will meet. “It’s safe to say there’s no … Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Engineering & Computer Science, Faculty, News, Research, Science & Mathematics, Wright State in the News |

$37M neuroscience building a draw for Dayton health care

Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building exterior

Excerpt Wright State University is close to finishing the $37 million Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration building it hopes will bring its research into a new era. The building, on the school’s main campus, will host a grand opening next month, with … Continue reading

Posted in Engineering & Computer Science, Neuroscience Institute, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, News, Science & Mathematics, Wright State in the News |

New Wright State building area’s latest neuroscience investment

Excerpt Wright State University’s new campus Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building represents an exclamation point of sorts on the Dayton area’s long-term attention to neuroscience. Premier Health, Kettering Health Network, Dayton Children’s Hospital and others have made investments in brain and … Continue reading

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Wright State engineering students building mining robot for NASA competition

Robotics team members with 3D wheel

Team of engineering students are building a robot capable of maneuvering around a simulated Martian environment while digging, collecting and dumping soil and gravel. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Computer Science and Engineering, Engineering & Computer Science, Home news sidebar, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, News, Undergraduate |

Wright State to expand Ohio campus, proposes $20M in construction

Excerpt Wright State University is laying out plans to expand its Lake Campus. The school has reached an agreement to buy 38 acres of land east of the Celina branch campus, with five concepts proposed to expand its services there. … Continue reading

Posted in Lake Campus, News, Wright State in the News |

Video: Crime rate heating up? Experts say yes

Mike Norris, director of crime and justice studies at Wright State, says crime rates see an increase when temperatures go up. Watch the report from WDTN 2 News.  

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