Author Archives: Bob Mihalek

Excerpt Technology-driven efforts are on to crowdsource information using the Internet and other communication channels and integrate it into online maps to help manage the aftermath of the natural calamity that has beset Uttarakhand. The international experience in recent years … Continue reading →

Whoever coined the phrase “Summertime and the living is easy” apparently never participated in a sports camp. Case in point, the Billy Donlon Basketball Camp out at the Nutter Center. More than a hundred participants are sharpening their skills on … Continue reading →

Excerpt Twitris—the techy marriage of “Twitter” and “Tetris”—is a platform that aims to help civil society win the “game” of big data, creating layers and layers of analysis that provides a holistic picture of an event. The idea for Twitris … Continue reading →

R. William Ayres, interim dean of the Graduate School at Wright State University, wrote a guest column on privacy and security in the Dayton Business Journal: There’s a lot of conversation about the NSA and recent revelations regarding the U.S. government’s massive … Continue reading →

Exceprt Wright State University President David Hopkins has been elected chair of the Inter-University Council of Ohio. In the role, Hopkins will oversee the council, which consists of the presidents of the 14 public universities in the state. The council, or IUC, aims … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University will see housing options grow at its Lake Campus in Celina as a group doubles the size of on-campus housing. The Western Ohio Educational Foundation, or WOEF, is finalizing plans for a $1.7 million, 10,000-square-foot addition to … Continue reading →

Excerpt Twin brothers Alex and Blake Dugas, 18, earned the top two spots in Wayne High School’s 2013 graduating class. . . . After high school Alex who received the Wright State University National Merit Commended Scholarship will be attending … Continue reading →