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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Social Sciences and International Studies
Chinatown
Interest in Chinese booming at Wright State
Interest in learning Chinese has led to a dramatic increase in Chinese language courses, as well as a minor in Chinese studies, at Wright State. Continue reading
Military expedition
Army Guard student Ben McCullough pursuing career in intelligence analysis
Ben McCullough hopes to turn a master’s degree in international and comparative politics into a job with the Pentagon or a U.S. intelligence agency. Continue reading
Leading the pack
Wright State faculty, staff and students hold top state and national leadership positions
Wright State is teeming with leaders who hold national and state positions and populate influential organizations in education, science, labor, health, athletics and the arts. Continue reading
Boys of summer
Media coverage of minor league baseball is focus of Wright State research project
Wright State communication professor is researching how the Internet and social media are changing local coverage of minor league baseball. Continue reading
Dayton Daily News columnist Dale Huffman to lecture at Wright State
Newspaper columnist Dale Huffman will deliver the fifth annual “Living Legends of the Dayton Daily News Archives” lecture at Wright State July 18. Continue reading
Video—Local veterans and terror experts watching Iraq closely
Local terror experts are watching the turmoil in Iraq with keen eyes. What if the United States gets involved in the warring factions battling over regions in Iraq? Markets are vulnerable if the crisis deepens and experts say oil prices will be … Continue reading
Great hunt
Wright State alumnus Steve Libert may be closing in on locating the long-lost ship Griffin
After searching for the long-lost ship the Griffin for three decades, Wright State alumnus Steve Libert believes he is close to locating the “Holy Grail of the Great Lakes.” Continue reading
Matters of democracy
Wright State researcher Pramod Kantha studies political transition of his native Nepal
Wright State professor Pramod Kantha is writing a book on Nepal’s transition from a monarchy to a democratic republic. Continue reading
A servant and a scholar
Wright State promotes David Finnie to chief of police
New Chief of Police David Finnie brings a wealth of experience gathered over a 25-year career in university law enforcement. Continue reading
Travel agent
Angie Loyd takes up-close approach to international affairs
Wright State student and Model UN team leader Angie Loyd is passionate about human rights and international affairs. Continue reading
