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Wright State business professor wins Emerald Citations of Excellence Award

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Micah Karr

Rachel Sturm was recognized for contributing to a frequently cited paper on leadership. Continue reading →

Wright State Theatre opens season with comedy ‘You Can’t Take It with You’

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Bob Mihalek

The Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” runs in the Festival Playhouse from Sept. 28 to Oct. 8. Continue reading →

Medical student conducts research on pediatric immunotherapy

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Heather Maurer

Maryam Shahin is taking a year off from medical school to conduct research at Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California San Francisco. Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Jim Hannah

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 →

Clark Manson to headline Homecoming Festival

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Micah Karr

Wright State alum and emerging country artist Clark Manson will perform at the Homecoming Festival Sept. 30 at 5:30 p.m. Continue reading →

Former Kent State safety pursues medical degree at Wright State

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Daniel Kelly

Family experience inspires Jordan Italiano to pursue medical degree at the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading →

The Birth of Wright State

Snippets from the early years
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

Ohio Gov. James Rhodes’s efforts in the early 1960s to place public higher education facilities within 30 miles of every Ohioan led to the birth of Wright State University. At the time, Dayton was a high-technology center with a special … Continue reading →

Proud to Wear the Green and Gold

By Susan (Barr) Gayle
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

My grandfather was born “on campus” on June 29, 1895, in the original Rockafield House, which his parents rented from Mr. Rockafield. My grandfather owned land on both sides of Airway Road (now Colonel Glenn Highway), mostly on the south … Continue reading →

Difference Makers

Significant contributions to Wright State and humanity
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

In 1970, Wright State was one of the first schools to create an Office of Disability Services. That was three years before Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act required any university receiving federal money to make its programs accessible to persons … Continue reading →

Opportunities in the Forest

By Gary Leroy
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

“Trees, lots of trees.” That was my first impression of Wright State University. On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1973, my mother took me for a ride to see the little university I had only heard about from … Continue reading →