Wright State Headlines
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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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Jul 2
Wright State business professor, alumnus honored by regional technology organizations
Technology First honored Amir Zadeh, professor of management information systems, as the 2024 Tech Educator of the Year and recognized grad Brandon Hubley with the Award of Excellence in the Student Project category. Continue reading
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Academics
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Wright State anthropology students dig for evidence of an historic Shawnee fort
Undergraduate anthropology students receive hands-on training at excavating during Wright State’s Field School in Archaeology. Continue reading
Madhavi Kadakia named interim vice provost for research at Wright State
Madhavi Kadakia is chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and associate dean of research affairs of the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading
Wright State offering Financial Aid 101 workshops for students
Financial Aid 101 will help students understand their individual financial aid options and provide tips and tools to help maximize their financial aid award. Continue reading
11 people with Wright State ties named to Dayton Business Journal’s ‘Forty Under 40’
“Forty Under 40” honorees include Andrew Beauchamp, chair of economics, and Nick Warrington, director of events and community engagement for the College of Liberal Arts and a 2012 Wright State graduate. Continue reading
Diver striver
Wright State education and diving alumnus J.R. Geraci uses his degree to support career twists and turns
J.R. Geraci has dived into most everything in his life: college, water on the swim team and into business as the owner of the Beavercreek Pizza Dive. Continue reading
Future students can learn why it’s a great time to be a Raider at Wright State’s open house
Raider Open House on June 18 will give future undergraduate students a glimpse of all that Wright State has to offer. Continue reading
Wright State film alumna Nicole Riegel making directorial debut with ‘Holler’
“Holler,” the new film by 2009 motion pictures graduate Nicole Riegel, is being released nationwide in June by IFC Films. Continue reading
Wright State sociologist Marlese Durr receives prestigious faculty leadership award from Society for the Study of Social Problems
Marlese Durr was honored for her wide-ranging expertise, scholarship and contributions to the field of sociology. Continue reading
Wright State University Foundation welcomes new trustees
Dave Deptula ’80 will serve as chair of the foundation's board
The Wright State University Foundation has appointed six new trustees to its board, effective July 1. Continue reading
Wright State faculty member Daniel Adomako Asamoah named Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow
Daniel Adomako Asamoah, associate professor of management information systems, will serve his Fellowship at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. Continue reading
