Liberal Arts

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

Wright State students make Dunbar pilgrimage

Photo of Jessica Nicole Wheeler at Paul Laurenece Dunbar's grave.

Paul Laurence Dunbar is one of Dayton’s gems. Continue reading

Bobby Rubin honored with International Education Award

Photo of Bobby Rubin with President David R. Hopkins and Stephen Foster.

He has directed and taught the Ambassador program to Costa Rica for nearly 20 years, making it the longest running study abroad program at the university. Continue reading

Music Department’s Cha the subject of second Korean documentary

Photo of In-Hong Cha conducting the university symphony during a rehearsal.

A hero in his native South Korea for being a master violinist and the current record holder for wheelchair track and field and marathon… Continue reading

Artist uses computer programming and video in exhibition

Photo of art at the Catanese exhibit.

Now through January 8, the Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries at Wright State University presents Relics and Constellations, a solo exhibition of work by Chicago artist Paul Catanese. Continue reading