Wright State Headlines
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Jul 14
Neurosurgeon earns Wright State’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Neurosurgeon Nicholas C. Bambakidis received the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the Wright State University Alumni Association. Continue reading
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Jul 9
Wright State Police Department honored for excellence in community policing
The Wright State Police Department was named the July Agency of the Month by the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police and the Law Enforcement Foundation. Continue reading
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Jul 8
Wright State ranked among top universities worldwide for third consecutive year
Wright State University was ranked in the top 6.7% out of 21,462 universities worldwide in the 2025 edition of the outcome-based Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings. Continue reading
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Jul 7
Profitable pitch
Wright State entrepreneurship graduate Peyton Hoff used his $6,000 Wright Venture competition prize money to launch Absolute Roofing Services, which has grown into a thriving business. Continue reading
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Jul 3
Wright State alum Lindsay Aitchison fulfills childhood space-agency dream
Wright State engineering alum Lindsay Aitchison received the 2025 College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies Outstanding Alumni Award. Continue reading
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Humanities and Cultural Studies
Audio—History professor Paul Lockhart on ‘Miami Valley Voices’
History professor Paul Lockhart appeared on Miami Valley Voices, with host Ron Rollins of the Dayton Daily News, on WHIO 95.7 FM on April 13 and 20. Lockhart discussed the significance of World War I, its impact on the Miami Valley … Continue reading
Veterans voices: Oral history class connects veteran students with older vets
Students in the Veterans Voices course will submit their interviews with older veterans about their time in the military to the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center.
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Wright State honors graduating seniors as Top Scholars
Scholars are honored with books purchased in their names for the Wright State University Libraries’ collections. Continue reading
Technical and Professional Writing program receives donated software
Wright State technical writing students work with state-of-the-art computer programs thanks to donations from two leading software companies. Continue reading
Wright State goes Mad (Men) for new literature course
Wright State course uses the TV show “Mad Men” to examine the influence literature has had on pop culture. Continue reading
Stage set for annual ArtsGala
The annual Wright State University ArtsGala, which has raised more than $1.6 million for arts scholarships during its 14-year history, is set for Saturday, April 12. Continue reading
World War I artifacts sought for local exhibit
Excerpt It’s the everyday items that will help show how Daytonians and the world were changed by the “war to end all wars” said Paul Lockhart, a Wright State University history professor. “The problem is a lot of diaries, letters … Continue reading
Professor David Barr to lecture on ‘Politics of End Times’
Wright State emeritus professor David Barr will discuss “The Politics of End Times” when he delivers the 2014 Piediscalzi Lecture on April 2. Continue reading
English professor Angela Beumer Johnson wins Ohio teaching award
Wright State professor Angela Beumer Johnson named Outstanding College Language Arts Educator by the Ohio English educators organization. Continue reading
Film preservationist, Wright State alum to give keynote at Public History Symposium
Scheduled for March 14, the annual Public History Graduate Symposium will focus on “The Future is Our History” and include presentations by public history graduate students. Continue reading
