Wright State in the News

Dayton.com: Wright State, Human Race remember musician and teacher Scot Woolley

The local, regional and national arts community is mourning the loss of Scot Woolley, a gifted musical director, arranger, composer, superb pianist, and impactful music professor and vocal coach who died Saturday, Jan. 26, having suffered a medical emergency while … Continue reading →

SOPP research cited by Dayton Daily News

Duke E. Ellis Human Development Institute

Research by Jeff Cigrang, associate professor in the Wright State School of Professional Psychology, and his doctoral students is cited in an article in the Dayton Daily News on the city of Dayton’s efforts to curb prostitution. Cigrang found that nearly all … Continue reading →

ABC 22: Wright State holds Draft Day for 10-year-old battling serious illness

Fans in the Nutter Center Thursday night were going wild for more than just the basketball game. JJ Hill is just 10 years old, but he’s signed on to be Wright State University’s newest golfer. While he’s a little younger … Continue reading →

Dayton.com: Wright State grad goes from ‘single mom working two jobs’ to Oscar nominee for ‘Black Panther’

A Wright State graduate might soon add an Oscar to her trophy case. Hannah Beachler, a Centerville-raised graduate of that university’s film and production design program, has been nominated for the Production Design Academy Award for her work on the … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News: Wright State’s women’s bowling one of top teams in nation

Being the “best blue collar team in the country” is a point of pride for the Wright State Raiders. The Wright State women’s team is currently the top-ranked club bowling team in the country while the men are No. 3. … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News: Wright State will study performance of local emergency services

Wright State University researchers will see how well local emergency medical services perform with the help of a more than $84,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Emergency treatment that first responders give to patients in the field … Continue reading →

Xenia Daily Gazette: Wright State professor participates in HERS Institute

Excerpt It was a confidence-builder for Paula Bubulya, associate professor and associate chair of the Department of Biological Sciences in the Wright State University College of Science and Mathematics. Bubulya participated in the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Summer Institute, … Continue reading →

Sidney Daily News: Wright State senior Rachel Evans completes manufacturing internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Excerpt Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee conjures up images of historic research that led to the development of nuclear weapons. But today the lab has a facility that is at the forefront of new manufacturing technologies. Rachel Evans, a … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News: Nearly 1,700 Wright State students to graduate Saturday

Excerpt Wright State University will award close to 1,700 degrees and certificates during a commencement ceremony Saturday. During the ceremony, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Nutter Center, WSU will award 1,010 bachelor’s degrees, 602 master’s degrees, 54 … Continue reading →

Sidney Daily News: WSU president on engineering board

Excerpt Wright State President Cheryl B. Schrader has been named to a prestigious national advisory board for a project to identify and eliminate barriers impeding the participation of women in engineering higher education. The Engineering Deans Gender Equity (EDGE) Initiative … Continue reading →