Wright State Headlines
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May 8
Wright State alum shapes the future of AI in national defense
Kevin Schmidt, now developing cutting-edge AI technologies for the Air Force Research Laboratory, credits his success to the experiences he received during his behavioral neuroscience studies at Wright State. Continue reading
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May 7
Wright State surgery professor Priti Parikh selected for prestigious academic medicine leadership fellowship
Priti Parikh, professor of surgery at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, was named an Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Fellow at Drexel University College of Medicine for 2025–26. Continue reading
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May 6
Wright State’s 2025 spring commencement ceremonies in photos
View a collection of images showcasing the joy and excitement of Wright State’s spring graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies. Continue reading
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May 5
Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine recognized for primary care excellence in 2025 U.S. News rankings
Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine is ranked #1 in Ohio for producing primary care physicians in the 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings from U.S. News and World Report. Continue reading
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May 5
Physician Anuj Goyal re-appointed to the Wright State Board of Trustees
National Trustee and and Premier Health physician Anuj Goyal was re-appointed to a four-year term on the Wright State University Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Continue reading
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Earth & Environmental Sciences
‘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
Family tree
Wright State community and public may soon get easy access to ‘Burly,’ a 200-year-old bur oak tree in the campus woods
The largest tree in Wright State’s campus woods is a bur oak estimated to be about two centuries old. Continue reading
Wright State professor Abinash Agrawal selected to serve on Ohio attorney general’s Scientific Advisory Council
Abinash Agrawal, a professor of earth and environmental sciences, is an expert in groundwater and soil remediation. Continue reading
Water power
Wright State professor Silvia Newell is a key player in a new state partnership on monitoring of wetlands
The Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network will assess the effectiveness and future role of implemented and planned wetland restoration projects. Continue reading
Wright State alumni named Ohio Teacher of the Year finalists
Joy McKarns ’93 is an eighth-grade language arts teacher at Northmont Middle School, and Tom Jenkins ’97, ’99 teaches eighth-grade science and STEM at Greenon Junior/Senior High School. Continue reading
Wheel zeal
Wright State alum Kimiko Kidd picking up speed at an automotive magazine
She has degrees in environmental sciences and sociology from Wright State but works as an editor for an automotive magazine. Continue reading
Two Wright State grads play key role in international study of Arctic Ocean
The research was largely based on a scientific cruise from Alaska to the North Pole in 2015 that included Wright State alumna Alison Agather and Katlin Bowman. Continue reading
Wright State Ph.D. student Michele Miller says social reaction to Zika virus offers lessons about coronavirus
Michele Miller said the public needs to understand that scientists are still learning about coronavirus and that much is unknown. Continue reading
Shark sleuth
Wright State Ph.D. candidate Ryan Shell unearths fossils of prehistoric sharks from coast to coast
Ryan Shell, an earth and environmental sciences Ph.D. student, studies the biodiversity, biogeography and paleoecology of marine vertebrates during the early Permian Period. Continue reading
Wright State biologist Don Cipollini says research results on emerald ash borer may offer lessons on coronavirus
Cipollini says the coronavirus encounters a new habitat of humans lacking resistance, starts to infect people in a largely undetected fashion, spreads exponentially, peaks and then declines. Continue reading
