Wright State Headlines
-
Nov 25
New entrepreneurship center opens at Wright State to help veterans, spouses start, expand businesses
The Veterans Business Outreach Center at Wright State provides support and resources to veterans and their spouses who want to start a business. Continue reading
-
Nov 25
Wright State grad Deah Lieurance to discuss invasive species during Wayne Carmichael Lecture in Environmental Sciences
Deah Lieurance, an assistant professor of invasive species biology and management at Penn State, will discuss “Expanding the predictive ‘toolbox’ to stop invasive species dead in their tracks” on Dec. 2 at Wright State. Continue reading
-
Nov 22
Wright State’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures adds director, plans to grow
New director and faculty have big plans for Wright State University’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures. Continue reading
-
Nov 21
Wright State departments create powerful collaboration researching threats to expectant mothers, babies
A collaboration between Wright State’s departments of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology connects scientific research and clinical practice with patients. Continue reading
-
Nov 20
Wright State nursing students to offer Stop the Bleed training in Wilmington
Wright State University nursing students will train residents in Wilmington how to staunch the flow of blood in an emergency on Nov. 22. Continue reading
-
Biology
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
Wright State biologists Shulin Ju, Quan Zhong win $450,000 federal research grant to study neurological disease
The research by Ju and Zhong is aimed at understanding mechanisms of the cellular toxicity of the protein-coding gene FUS, mutations in which cause ALS. Continue reading
Wright State testing wastewater to detect COVID-19 on campus
Sampling wastewater can help the university to catch infections early and prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Wright State community. Continue reading
Top research stories in 2020
From a new MRI scanner to access to a unique 3D laser printer to imaging and treating ovarian cancer, Wright State faculty and students pursued important research endeavors in 2020. Continue reading
