Liberal Arts

Wright State’s Emily Bingham to compete in ‘Jeopardy! College Tournament’

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Senior Emily Bingham will be among the 15 students competing in the “Jeopardy! College Tournament” in January in Culver City, California. Continue reading →

Why and when men grow beards

For everyone with a hirsute family member, a bearded patriarch, a fuzzy metro-sexual, here’s a great gift, a not-entirely-serious account of why and when men grow facial hair. It’s called “Of Beards And Men,” by Christopher Oldstone-Moore. It’s a history … Continue reading →

Mail call

Wright State’s Colleen Kelsey teaching students the skill of mail art

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Colleen Kelsey, adjunct art instructor at Wright State, is teaching students the skill of mail art. Continue reading →

‘Of Beards and Men’

Excerpt Dewey would have been a sympathetic audience for “Of Beards and Men,” a finely detailed, borderline obsessive history by Christopher Oldstone-Moore, who spends more than 300 pages arguing that there’s very little on which facial hair might not come … Continue reading →

Adam Pascal Bound for Wright State

Excerpt Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal, one of the finest pop/rock voices in contemporary musical theatre who garnered acclaim in Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking 1996 Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent,” will perform a special acoustic concert Wednesday, Dec. 2 at … Continue reading →

Enjoy a Renaissance-style holiday at the 33rd annual Madrigal Dinner

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Wright State Media Team

The Student Union Apollo Room will be transformed into an English manor of the Renaissance era for the Madrigal Dinner Dec. 10 to Dec. 13. Continue reading →

Legal laureate

Military duty, law career highlight journey of Wright State alum Garrett Gall '73

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Military duty during Vietnam and a long law career highlight the journey of Wright State alumnus Garrett Gall ’73. Continue reading →

Wright State researchers develop software to detect cyberbullying

Wright State University researchers are developing new software that can detect cyberbullying. The new software can search social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, and detect messages that may be offensive or hurtful — and then alert the person who’s being targeted. … Continue reading →

Upgrades to Wright State’s Creative Art Center will impact the region

Kristin Sobolik, dean of Wright State’s College of Liberal Arts, talks about the modernization and expansion of the Creative Arts Center, home of the university’s performing and fine arts programs. The CAC project includes renovating existing classrooms, studio spaces, labs … Continue reading →