Wright State in the News

Excerpt Wright State University has received a $13,000 grant to enhance its adaptive recreation program. The grant, from the Christopher & Diana Reeve Foundation, will go towards 15 new wheelchairs to be used in wheelchair sports. “Our students with disabilities … Continue reading →

Excerpt In a friendly round of basketball at Wright State University, William Howard rolled under the hoop and took a shot. The sophomore from Dayton does not require a wheelchair, but every week he joins other students, both able-bodied and … Continue reading →

Excerpt Bob Grant didn’t mince any words when it came to Wright State playing in the College Basketball Invitational – the post-season tournament simply known as the CBI and a pay-as-you-go distant cousin of the much-trumpeted NCAA tournament. “It’s one … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University students will travel to Houston in April to take part in Shell’s Eco-marathon, an international student competition focused on vehicle efficiency. Three teams composed of students from Wright State’s college of engineering and computer science will … Continue reading →

Excerpt Forget London, Paris or Rome. Berlin beckons for the remainder of March, but a passport isn’t required. Just head to Fairborn where Wright State University brilliantly showcases its musical theater department to the hilt with a chorally sublime, stunningly … Continue reading →

Excerpt Renowned Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz said he loves taking a familiar story or character that his audience already knows and “spinning it” in a new direction. That’s what he did with the witches in “Wizard of Oz” when he … Continue reading →

Excerpt Sundaram Narayanan has been a rising star since arriving at Wright State University in 1994, and now he says he’s ready to take the school into the future. Narayanan, who helped create and lead the Wright State Research Institute, … Continue reading →

Excerpt As the NCAA First Four event in Dayton wraps up, the chair of the Local Organizing Committee is encouraging the community to continue to support basketball locally. J.P. Nauseef, chair of the local organizing committee (LOC), a group of … Continue reading →

Sorority sisters, from Kappa Delta at Wright State University, are hosting a dance-a-thon to raise money for children whom are victims of child abuse. Watch the video from “Living Dayton” on WDTN.com.