Wright State in the News

((Excerpt)) The Wright State University Chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery will host its second annual high school programming contest from 9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. May 12 on the university campus. Contestants will be challenged to solve as … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Wright State Univ. researchers led by physics Prof. Elliott Brown have been investigating these unique THz DNA signatures through a Multidisciplinary Univ. Research Initiative (MURI) funded by the U.S. Army Research Office. Their multi-year $600,000 grant has recently identified … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Thaddeus Tarpey, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio For influential contributions to statistical research and applications, particularly in the areas of multivariate analysis and for excellence in teaching and dissemination of statistical knowledge. Read more at Yahoo.com

((Excerpt)) If you want to keep plant operators performing at optimal levels, how many alarms should you try to hold your system to? What’s the best way to present procedures to those operators so they know what to do when … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Wright State University has named an interim dean for its College of Liberal Arts after an initial search did not yield a finalist. Linda Caron, the associate dean, will begin serving as interim dean July 1. The committee searching … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Other research with similar goals is under way. Mary Fendley, a Wright State University researcher in human factors engineering, said she designed a process through an Air Force Research Laboratory-supported project to help analysts examining images from intelligence sources … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Wright State University President David Hopkins said there were many concerns about the proposed funding cuts. During a meeting Monday with the Wright State faculty senate, he said the plan had “met its end for a while.” “The idea … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) A plan to allow Ohio’s 14 public universities to become “enterprise” schools — receiving less state funding in exchange for no longer being held to some “burdensome” regulations — has stalled indefinitely, although no formal declaration of its status … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Berkwood Farmer has spent the past decade of his life helping prepare students for a future in the business world. As dean of the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University    , Farmer has steered the … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) KETTERING — A few years ago, it was a foregone conclusion that Ohio’s millions of ash trees would fall to the emerald ash borer. Losing them to the insect or cutting them down in advance of the inevitable are … Continue reading →