For the Media

Shot from difficult angle propels Wright State to Horizon League title game

Excerpt He was supposed to feed J.T. Yoho in the post but the freshman forward wasn’t open. Then he tried driving baseline but two defenders cut off his path to the rim. Yes, really nothing about Wright State’s final possession … Continue reading

Wright State wins $4.6M neuroscience research grant

((Excerpt)) Wright State University has won a $4.6 million National Institutes of Health grant for neuroscience research aimed at improving the movement of badly injured limbs, officials said Thursday. The five-year grant will build on the university’s previous nerve injury … Continue reading

Snowy Wright State picture

Bicycles are parked outside Hamilton Hall dorms are covered in snow after a storm passed the area Wednesday at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Check out the picture at Columbian.com

Two Wright State Filmmakers Reinvent Their Approach for “Reinvention Stories,” a Web Documentary

((Excerpt)) Filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar (Personal Belongings, POV 1996) documented the effects of the recession in Ohio in their Oscar-nominated 2009 film, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, but Reinvention Stories is new to their body … Continue reading

Wright State grad finds a publishing home

((Excerpt)) Mindee Arnett, soon-to-be newly published author, says she owes her youthful epiphany (that she could write stories) to her sixth-grade teacher in Kettering. “I always loved to read from the time I was a little girl,” Mindee says, “and … Continue reading

Innovative Tools—And Long-Term Funding—Needed to Transform Undergraduate Science Education

((Excerpt)) Nathan Klingbeil and his colleagues at Wright State University have found a way to double the graduation rate of engineering students. The key element is modifying how and when calculus is taught, so that it is not a barrier … Continue reading

Wright State medical students volunteer their time to rebuild New Orleans

((Excerpt)) An estimated 26 million people will descend on New Orleans in 2013; according to a report by the Tourism Industry Association and the Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism, and 52 students from WSU’s Boonshoft School of Medicine … Continue reading

Wright State students show off their talent at the ARTSGALA

((Excerpt)) While the art department gets ready for its annual ARTSGALA presentations, this year held on April 6, seniors graduating this spring, summer or fall have another thing to focus on: the senior thesis show held at the Gala. Graduating … Continue reading

Student gets her second heart transplant and looks forward to returning to Wright State

((Excerpt)) WSU junior Rachel Doseck recently had her second heart transplant and has been in recovery for a month. Doseck had her first transplant at the age of 10,  and for about nine years, she lived a normal life. She … Continue reading

Wright State student and friend earn honors for anti-bullying work

((Excerpt)) A Southeastern High School student who travels the country with a friend as an anti-bullying spokesman has been selected for two national awards for his work. Scott Hannah, 18, son of Tim and Tracie Hannah of South Charleston, was … Continue reading