Academics

Boonshoft School of Medicine Public Health Grand Rounds event to focus on public health department accreditation

Public health commissioners will discuss their experiences with the accreditation process at a Public Health Grand Rounds event on Feb. 26 in the Student Union. Continue reading

Subterranean salute

Wright State’s Shannon family witnesses annual Dutch Christmas Eve tribute to World War II liberators
Vaughn Shannon and Mandy Shannon

Wright State’s Shannon family travel to Netherlands to witness an annual Dutch Christmas Eve tribute to World War II liberators. Continue reading

New Wright State literary mag seeks creative writers

Excerpt Wright State University’s Department of English Language and Literatures is relaunching a literary magazine, Mad River Review, says Dennis Loranger, lecturer in English and music. Dennis will also serve as the relaunched magazine’s editor. “Literary magazines tend to rise … Continue reading

Wright State Physicians adds clinical laboratory for complex testing for rheumatology practice

William Venanzi

Rheumatology patients can now have complex laboratory testing performed at Wright State Physicians Health Center. Continue reading

YSI donates water testing equipment to Wright State education students

Chris Cushman using pH meter

Donated pH meters will help Wright State education students develop skills critical to teaching how to preserve water quality. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians now provides financial counseling to patients

Tory Kirsch

To better meet the needs of patients, Wright State Physicians now offers financial counseling services. Continue reading

Tanzania tangent

Wright State’s Aliane Kubwimana visits African nation to job-shadow doctors
Aliane Kubwimana

A trip to her native Tanzania to shadow doctors and nurses produced lifelong memories for Wright State University pre-med student Aliane Kubwimana. Continue reading

Take a bite out of hunger: Boonshoft School of Medicine to host a Day of Caring brunch Feb. 28

Proceeds from the Day of Caring pancake brunch on Feb. 28 will be donated to local food banks. Continue reading

Master of Public Health student from Somalia focuses research on mental health of immigrant women

Bonnshoft School of Medicine White Hall

Fartun Yussuf, a Boonshoft School of Medicine graduate student and native of Somalia, draws on her own cross-cultural experience as she researches the mental health of immigrant women. Continue reading

Forums, film screenings, civil rights trip to commemorate Voting Rights Act anniversary

IIyasah Al-Shabazz headshot

“Phoenix Project: A Call to Action” from Feb. 17-19, and a Civil Rights Pilgrimage, March 3-9, commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Continue reading