Wright State Headlines
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Apr 18
Wright State University Foundation awards Students First Fund grants
The nine projects that received Students First funding will have far-reaching impacts on the Dayton and Lake Campuses. Continue reading
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Apr 18
Cosmic collection
Over 200 Mini University preschool students participated in an art project to raise excitement and awareness for the total solar eclipse. Continue reading
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Apr 17
Wright State revives student-faculty collaborative writing journal
The Best Integrated Writing journal showcases Wright State students’ scholarly papers from a wide range of disciplines. Continue reading
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Apr 17
Fulfilling dreams
The family of the late Wright State alum Patrick Daniels helped create an endowment to ensure the personal attendant station can continue to provide essential services to students. Continue reading
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Apr 16
Wright State alumna Nicole Scherzinger wins top British theatre award as star of ‘Sunset Boulevard’
Nicole Scherzinger, who studied musical theatre and acting at Wright State from 1996 to 1999, received the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard.” 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
