Calamityville

Watch: Ready to help

Video: Volunteer high school students scream for help after a simulated tornado training program at the National Disaster Health Consortium. Continue reading

Wright State’s Calamityville hosts Air Force’s Tech Warrior exercise for small businesses

Personnel from the Air Force Materiel Command and representatives of defense contractors took part in the exercise at the National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville. Continue reading

Thinking it through

Wright State helps form Dayton Think Tank to respond to emergencies, disasters

The Dayton Think Tank includes terrorism, disaster and toxicology experts, emergency management specialists, military officials, political leaders, medical professionals, engineers, psychologists, computer scientists and law enforcement officials. Continue reading

Hands-on disaster

Wright State nursing students were among those who participated in a disaster response training exercise at Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville.
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Fall protection class is taking Wright State students to new heights

Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness was the backdrop for students who donned safety harnesses and tested their courage at Calamityville. Continue reading

Disaster training, an interprofessional effort

Wright State’s National Disaster Health Consortium holds disaster response exercise with Kettering Fairmont High School at the National Center for Medical Readiness. Continue reading

Critical mission

Health care professionals receive immersive training through Wright State’s National Disaster Health Consortium

Health care professionals receive immersive training in disaster response through program offered by the College of Nursing and Health. Continue reading

Communication conquest

Wright State’s Subhashini Ganapathy developing model to improve decisions in disaster response

Wright State assistant professor Subhashini Ganapathy receives National Science Foundation grant to improve communication and decision making during a disaster. Continue reading

Fifth annual Wright Brothers Day celebrates innovative spirit

Student flying slight simulator

Wright State will celebrate the innovative spirit of its namesakes and researchers working on campus today with the annual Wright Brothers Day Oct. 8. Continue reading

Air Force’s Tech Warrior exercise conducted at Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness

Soldier with rifle

Air Force scientists and engineers donned battle gear and grabbed M-16 rifles for a combat exercise at Wright State’s Calamityville to field-test the technologies they helped develop in the lab. Continue reading