Faculty & Staff

New Wright State initiative will boost multibillion dollar defense/intelligence industries

Excerpt Wright State University is ramping up efforts to tackle the looming shortage in defense, aerospace and intelligence workers. The school recently put three organizations under one umbrella — a new Center for Workforce Development in Beavercreek — to coordinate … Continue reading →

Throwing pains

Longtime judo instructor Mark Curry making champions out of Wright State students

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Longtime judo instructor Mark Curry is making champions out of Wright State students through the Raider Active judo class. Continue reading →

Wright State staff and alumni make ‘Forty Under 40’ list

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Karen Strider-Iiames

Once again Wright State University was well represented in the Dayton Business Journal’s 2015 Forty Under 40 Awards. Continue reading →

Radar dominance

Wright State’s Brian Rigling named top radar engineer

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Wright State engineering professor Brian Rigling honored as top radar engineer by world’s largest association of technical professionals. Continue reading →

Documentary dynamite

Wright State’s Mai Nguyen helps chronicle plight of Vietnamese Americans in “Between Two Worlds”

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Mai Nguyen, director of the Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center, is one of the local Vietnamese Americans featured in “Between Two Worlds,” a documentary produced by ThinkTV. Continue reading →

Longtime Wright State researcher, ALS activist Roger Siervogel dies at 70

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Cindy Young

Roger Siervogel served as director of the Wright State Lifespan Health Research Center and its predecessor, the Division of Biology, from 1993 to 2013. Continue reading →

Igor Elman named professor and chair of psychiatry at the Boonshoft School of Medicine

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Cindy Young

Igor Elman comes to Wright State from Harvard Medical School and is an expert in treating chemical and behavioral addictions, psychosis and PTSD. Continue reading →

Film by Wright State faculty member Steven Bognar in New York Times

Filmmaker and Wright State faculty member Steven Bognar wrote about the decline of 35-millimeter projection in movie theaters in The New York Times. Published as an op-doc, Bognar’s article features his short film “Last Reel,” which chronicles the final days … Continue reading →

Puppy love

Wright State’s Regina Willen proves that petting is instrumental in reducing stress in shelter dogs

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Wright State researchers find that petting for as little as 15 minutes a day is instrumental in reducing stress of dogs in animal shelters. Continue reading →

Wright State ERC director donates hundreds of books to Fairborn schools

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Bob Mihalek

Stephanie Bange donates books she received as a member of the prestigious 2015 Newbery Award committee. Continue reading →