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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Academics
Wright State Theatre presents Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ in an outdoor production April 10-11
For the first time in at least 30 years, Wright State’s Theatre Program will perform at the Dayton Campus’ outdoor amphitheatre. Continue reading
Wright State awarded nearly $2.4 million in Choose Ohio First scholarship money
Choose Ohio First scholars work with career and academic advisers from their first year of enrollment through graduation. Continue reading
Wright State named Outstanding Delegation at 2021 National Model United Nations Conference
Four Wright State Model UN students also won Outstanding Position Paper Awards and three students won Outstanding Delegates in Committee Awards. Continue reading
Celebrating public health nationally and at Wright State University
The Boonshoft School of Medicine is using this week to promote the important role public health plays in society and its Master of Public Health Program. Continue reading
Lake Campus hosting digital graphic design contest for aspiring high school students
The 2021 Annual Graphic Gateway Design Competition, hosted by the Wright State Business and Graphic Professionals, will feature advertising posters with logos. Continue reading
Acting alumna Renika Williams lands role on new HBO Max series
2015 Wright State grad Renika Williams has landed a role as a series regular on Mindy Kaling’s new television series, “The Sex Lives of College Girls.” Continue reading
‘Forever chemicals’ expert Marta Venier to speak at Wright State’s virtual Carmichael Lecture April 19
The lecture will feature Marta Venier, an environmental chemist and assistant professor at the Paul O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Continue reading
Piano project
Students First Fund grant helps Theatre Program purchase a new piano
The new Yamaha piano will enhance the teaching and learning experience for faculty and students. Continue reading
Student entrepreneurs to compete for startup money in virtual Wright Venture
Five teams will compete in the Wright Venture finals on Tuesday, April 13, at 3 p.m. on Webex. Continue reading
Class action
Wright State alumna Teresa Troyer has made a career of teaching English both here and abroad
Teresa Troyer has taught in China, Indonesia, Turkey, Honduras, Colombia and Slovakia and in Dayton and Dublin, Ohio. Continue reading
