Biology

Faculty members honored for excellent service at Wright State

The Faculty Awards for Excellence recognize faculty members for their excellent work in the areas of teaching, research, community engagement, professional service and early career achievement. Continue reading

Presidential Award for Outstanding NTE Faculty: Service

Meredith A. Rodgers

Part of the series: Faculty Awards for Excellence 2020-21

Meredith Rodgers is a believer in undergraduate research and the benefits it offers to students in their development and success beyond the classroom. Continue reading

Presidential Award for Outstanding NTE Faculty: Teaching

Bridgett R. Severt

Part of the series: Faculty Awards for Excellence 2020-21

Bridgett Severt, lecturer of anatomy, is a talented, dedicated, hardworking and outstanding educator. Continue reading

Biology major Rahul Shah appointed to Wright State Board of Trustees

Wright State junior Rahul Shah was appointed for a two-year term on the Board of Trustees. Continue reading

Wright State graduate student researching COVID-19 social media information, misinformation

Graduate biological sciences student Emily Burwell is attempting to quantify the proportion of misinformation to validated information about COVID-19 on Twitter. Continue reading

Attached algal blooms are an emerging threat to clear lakes worldwide

An international group of lake scientists is exploring how local and global factors might contribute to algae on lake bottoms. Continue reading

Bug business

Ohio to reckon with the raucous presence of 17-year cicadas

Don Cipollini, professor of biological sciences at Wright State, calls Brood X a wild spectacle of nature. Continue reading

Spring class notes

Meet three outstanding alumni who are featured in the spring 2021 issue of the Wright State University Magazine. Continue reading

The changemakers

Wright State Alumni and community members are confronting racism and all of its manifestations

How we can learn from our Black alumni, faculty, staff, and students who are working to actively create change in their communities by fighting racism and injustice. 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