Academics

Long-Distance Raider

David Hight and his wife Wimanus, during their trip to Egypt. As usual, Hight made time to watch the Raiders even though he was visiting another continent.

When Wright State travels Thursday to Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis… Continue reading

Wright State University honors outstanding alumni

Wright State University alumni were honored on Saturday, Feb. 5, at the 11th Annual College Outstanding Alumni Awards presentation at the Wright State University Nutter Center.

Twelve Wright State University alumni were honored on Saturday, Feb. 5, at the 11th Annual College Outstanding Alumni Awards… Continue reading

Lightning strikes at Wright State for Air Force, businesses

Tom Murray, Mike Magnusson and Chery Deckard found big savings opportunities in the Air Force supply chain of spare parts inventories.

Project Lightning. Is it a covert CIA operation? Maybe a combat plan for an elite military extraction team?

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English teachers from China pay educational visit to Wright State

Three English teachers from China are spending a month at Wright State… Continue reading

Wright State’s Jekyll and Hyde to thrill sold-out crowds

Darian Taschner as Lucy and Blaine Boyd as Jekyll/Hyde in Wright State's winter musical.

Wright State University’s latest musical, Jekyll and Hyde, is already a commercial success. Continue reading

Iconic paintings, abstract photography, paper prints highlight 2011 Wright State faculty art exhibition

Diane Fitch is professor of painting and drawing in the Art and Art History Department. In the exhibited paintings she borrows gestures and configurations from medieval and Renaissance paintings and from Gothic relief sculpture.

From January 23 to March 6, 2011, the Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries will feature the work of Wright State University art faculty Diane Fitch, Tracy Longley-Cook and Danielle Rante. Continue reading

Taxing times for non-traditional student

Kleismit interned with the IRS for 15 weeks in northern Kentucky, commuting home on the weekends to make it happen.

French fries and rose petals.

Bridget Kleismit found them under the chair in her $30/night hotel room–her on-again, off-again home as an out-of-state intern.
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Wright State ecologist probes mystery of nutrient-poor, fish-rich African lake

Lake Tanganyika in east Africa

  Lake Tanganyika in east Africa is the second deepest lake in the world. Most of the lake’s massive volume of water sits in its dark depths, where a lack of oxygen makes it impossible for fish and other animals … Continue reading

Wright State researcher wins prestigious history book award

Jonathan Reed Winkler, Ph.D. says history is ultimately literature and should be well written and not directed to just the few people who know something about what is a very narrow topic.

Intrigued by a magazine article that described the laying of a communications cable that snaked across the ocean floor from England to Japan, Jonathan Reed Winkler, Ph.D., began researching what would become an award-winning book. Continue reading

Music and Medicine Symposium to focus on voice care for the performer

Caring for the mind and body of the artist requires equally artful expertise. A special dose of clinical skill and creativity is essential when the worlds of art and medical science intersect. Continue reading