Academics

Seminar to address domestic sex trafficking

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Heather Maurer

“Protecting Our Community: Understanding Domestic Sex Trafficking” will be held June 14 the Madison Lakes Learning and Conference Center in Dayton. Continue reading →

Wright State grad examines grandfather’s WWI service in new book

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Wright State Media Team

Gregory Archer, a 1984 graduate of the School of Professional Psychology, writes nonfiction narrative about his grandfather’s service in World War I. Continue reading →

Wright State students create life-changing mobile food market

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Sarah Olsen

Students launch the nonprofit Dayton Mobile Market to provide fresh produce to residents of Dayton food deserts. Continue reading →

Wright State establishes university-wide Compliance Program

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Bob Mihalek

The program includes the creation of a director of university compliance position to oversee the university’s responsibilities to comply with state, federal and university regulations and policies. Continue reading →

Presidential debate expected to boost interest in Wright State’s democracy initiative with ThinkTV

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Jim Hannah

Wright State and the Dayton PBS member station are collaborating on an online election hub designed to teach K-12 students about democracy and the political process. Continue reading →

Wright State associate professor receives Distinguished Health Educator Service Award

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Heather Maurer

Marietta Orlowski is associate professor of community health at the Boonshoft School of Medicine Center for Global Health and health promotion and education director for the Master of Public Health Program. Continue reading →

Business is hopping

Wright State alum Janice Hester '77 turned ceramic frogs into artistic career

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Jim Hannah

Wright State alumna Janice Hester ran a successful business making popular, grinning, bug-eyed ceramic frogs. Continue reading →

Wright State students spearhead relief effort for earthquake-ravaged Ecuador

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Jim Hannah

Donations for Ecuador can be dropped off in the parking lot of Pepito’s Mexican Restaurant in Kettering on May 21 and May 22. Continue reading →

Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers studied tweets to learn more about use of marijuana edibles

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Heather Maurer

The study, which is the first to attempt to analyze Twitter data on marijuana edibles, is supported by a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse. Continue reading →