Wright State Headlines
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Jul 17
Wright State’s successful baseball season fuels excitement at youth summer camps
Young athletes flocked to Wright State’s baseball, soccer and basketball camps this summer, energized by the university’s athletic success and upgraded facilities. Continue reading
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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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Academics
Wright State business faculty win prestigious Ranyard Medal for analytics research
Anand Jeyaraj and Amir Hassan Zadeh, faculty members in the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, were honored for their paper on the alignment of business and social media strategies. Continue reading
Brushing up
International artists and scholars feed artwork of modern languages students in novel project
Modern languages students at Wright State put their feelings to the canvas following virtual seminars with international artists and scholars. Continue reading
More than 1,300 students to graduate at Wright State’s virtual fall commencement
Wright State will broadcast the virtual fall commencement ceremony on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube beginning at 10 am on Saturday, Dec. 12. Continue reading
A positive force of energy
Wright State grad student Kelly Lynn Gibson releases book on wellness and women’s empowerment
Kelly Lynn Gibson is a leadership development grad student at Wright State, a mother of four, health coach and fitness professional, head of a company promoting well-being and an author. Continue reading
Human interest
Wright State political science alumnus Neal Duiker balances Air Force mega-contracting with serving the homeless
Neal Duiker, a 2003 political science graduate of Wright State, works with the homeless, manages Air Force contracts, is an Iraq war veteran and former AmeriCorps VISTA employee. Continue reading
Annual Doc Night will showcase new films by Wright State students
Scheduled for Dec. 4 and 10 on Twitch, Doc Night will feature 17 short documentaries produced by juniors in the Motion Pictures Program. Continue reading
Arriving on the scene
Wright State economics alums Rajesh D. and Sarah E. Felix making a splash in the film industry
The documentary “The Power of Movement,” produced by Wright State economics alums Rajesh D. and Sarah E. Felix, was released in November. Continue reading
Body work
Nursing students use augmented reality in patient assessment thanks to a computer science partnership
Wright State nursing students use augmented reality to better assess patients with virtual hearts, lungs and other internal body parts coming to life to enhance the learning experience. Continue reading
Social behavior
Wright State student research on the COVID-19 pandemic and social media to be presented at an international conference
A study by computer science and engineering students suggests that social media can detect COVID-19 news early and could be used to understand public reaction and to emergent pandemics. Continue reading
Novel approach
New science fiction book by David H. Wilson, Lake Campus professor of English, is making a splash
David H. Wilson, who writes under the pseudonym D. Harlan Wilson, released “Outré” in November. Continue reading
