Liberal Arts

Symposium keynote speaker to discuss sexual violence

Photo of a "slutwalk"

The keynote lecture of the 2012 Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality Symposium will address the racial implications of the SlutWalks movement. Continue reading

Shakespeare’s Shylock shines on stage

Photo of a scene from The Merchant of Venice

Greed, revenge, passion and jealousy abound at the Wright State theatre department’s production of William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” Continue reading

Celebrating Black History Month

Photo of H.K. Edgerton

H.K Edgerton is an African-American Confederate activist who lectures on the role of blacks in the history of the South. He has walked thousands of miles through cities… Continue reading

Wright State sculptor’s work to be featured at Town and Country

This month at the Town & Country Fine Art Center at the Town & Country Shopping Center in Kettering, Macaulay’s exhibition Thomas Macaulay: Selected Objects Retrospective… Continue reading

Alumna’s trailer park film to screen at Slamdance

Photo of a girl sitting on a railroad track.

PARK is the story of a girl living in a trailer park and drifting through life. Continue reading

Theatre students rock controversial hit musical

Photo of three male students during a scene from Rent.

Wright State continues its 2011-12 theatre season with the rock musical “RENT.” Continue reading

Wright State professors’ first film added to National Film Registry

Photo of two women from the 1970s wearing sunglasses.

Julia Reichert and Jim Klein’s 1971 documentary Growing Up Female has been selected to join the list of landmark works of American cinema. Continue reading

Wright State exhibit will celebrate Wilbur Wright’s “life of consequences”

Tom D. Crouch, Ph.D., and Dawne Dewey, head of Wright State Special Collections and Archives, discuss Wilbur Wright at Aviation Trail's annual Celebration of Powered Flight dinner on Dec. 17, 2011.

Heritage groups in the Dayton region next year will celebrate the life of Wilbur Wright, who invented the airplane in Dayton with his brother Orville… Continue reading

Local media visit Wright State library, interview professor about Pearl Harbor

Photo of Edward Haas being interviewed by a local TV news crew about Pearl Harbor.

The Wright State University Friends of the Libraries display Infamy—December 7, 1941, attracted local news attention… Continue reading

Create a unique work of art while helping to feed our community

Photo of a man stacking canned food.

Stop by the Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries Nov. 30—Dec. 2 to make a sculpture with canned food items. Continue reading