Faculty & Staff

Seton Hall’s Allie Matters named head volleyball coach at Wright State

Allie Matters played at Seton Hall from 2006 to 2009 and served as the volleyball team’s first assistant coach for the last seven years. Continue reading

Wright State computer science student playing key role in DNA software debate

Nathan Adams, a computer science graduate student, works with Dan Krane, professor of biology, to review DNA evidence in criminal cases. Continue reading

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Raider Maker Kits offer tools, baking utensils, musical instrument, other items for checkout

Provided by the Student Technology Assistance Center, Raider Maker Kits are available for checkout at the circulation desk on the first floor of Dunbar Library. Continue reading

Wright State chief of police to launch informal discussion series

The Wright State community can meet with Chief of Police David Finnie and other university police officers during a new discussion series beginning Jan. 17. Continue reading

Wright State’s 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration to feature Julius Bailey, social justice awards

Wright State will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a Social Justice Award Brunch and screening of a film about Thurgood Marshall as well as participating in a King Day march in Dayton. Continue reading

Wright State’s Amit Sheth earns prestigious Fellow honor from American Association of Artificial Intelligence

Wright State University professor Amit Sheth is a newly elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Continue reading

Commercialization, overdose deaths, polar expedition among top research–related stories of 2017

Wright State’s efforts to commercialize inventions, a study of overdose deaths and a trip to the North Pole to measure mercury highlighted the university’s many research initiatives in 2017. Continue reading

Wright State’s Brian Rigling earns prestigious Fellow honor from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Brian Rigling in lab

The IEEE has named Wright State professor of electrical engineering Brian Rigling as a Fellow for his contributions to synthetic aperture radar imaging. Continue reading

Julie Gentile ’96 named chair of psychiatry

Julie Gentile ’96 has been named chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading

Nearly 1,900 students graduate at Wright State University’s 2017 fall commencement

Led by Wright State’s seventh President Cheryl B. Schrader for the first time, students, families, faculty and staff celebrated the commencement of nearly 1,900 students at the fall graduation ceremony Dec. 16. Continue reading