Wright State Headlines
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Apr 25
Bottom Line, Wright State partnership aims to increase access to college
Wright State is partnering with Bottom Line, a nonprofit organization that partners with first-generation students from under-resourced backgrounds, to expand access to higher education to more students in the Dayton region. Continue reading
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Apr 25
Wright State’s nursing program celebrates 50th anniversary
Wright State’s nursing program prepares students to deliver excellent patient care, advocate for improved patient outcomes and help advance the nursing profession. Continue reading
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Apr 24
Wright State celebrates Student Success Champions
Recipients of the University Awards for Student Success Champions were recognized for exemplary service, collaboration, tutoring, leadership, advising and teaching. Continue reading
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Apr 23
Wright State gold team captures 2024 Horizon League team title, Flynn individual champion
The Wright State men’s golf team captured the 2024 Horizon League Championship as Andrew Flynn defeated teammate Timmy Hollenbeck on the second playoff hole to grab top individual honors. Continue reading
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Apr 23
118 medical students to graduate from Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine April 28
The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine will hold its spring 2024 graduation ceremony on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. in the Wright State Nutter Center. Continue reading
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Environmental Sciences, Ph.D.
Down to earth
Wright State grad student David Peterman has discovered fossils from California to the Carolinas
Ph.D. student David Peterman says fieldwork and travel has given him the skills to better understand the complexity of the world. Continue reading
Wright State environmental student meets with nation’s top environmental official
Leon Katona, an environmental sciences Ph.D. candidate, conducted research this summer on Lake Erie aboard the Lake Guardian, the U.S. EPA’s largest research vessel. Continue reading
Seaworthy
Wright State alumna Alison Agather helping federal government predict and measure polar sea ice
Alison Agather, who earned her Ph.D. in environmental sciences from Wright State in December, helps to identify emerging issues in the Arctic as a fellow with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Continue reading
By the numbers
Wright State graduate students Fan Yang and Michele Miller win first place in prestigious Datathon competition
Two Wright State graduate students were honored for developing a model that could be used to help patients with sickle cell disease better manage their pain. Continue reading
Wright State University research on olive trees and emerald ash borer featured on Entomology Today
Wright State researchers find that emerald ash borer, which is destroying ash trees in a large swath of the United States, can also successfully complete development on olive trees. Continue reading
Natural cause
The woods of Wright State, hub of research projects, granted partial conservation easement
Wright State creates a 15-acre conservation easement in the woods to protect a rare bat and other endangered species from development. Continue reading
Polar passage
Arctic expedition with Wright State’s Alison Agather and Katlin Bowman yields research, children’s book
Wright State graduate environmental sciences student Alison Agather and oceanographer and Wright State alumna Katlin Bowman sailed the Arctic Ocean to measure levels of toxic mercury. Continue reading
Douglas W. Leaman named dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
Douglas Leaman is currently chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toledo. Continue reading
Justin Myers named Wright State Student Employee of the Year
Justin Myers, a junior majoring in earth and environmental sciences, works as a manager in the biogeochemistry lab. Continue reading
Reservoir riddle
Wright State environmental scientists investigate effectiveness of trapping greenhouse gases underground
A research team from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has won part of a $10 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to study geologically sequestering of carbon dioxide. Continue reading
