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Accounting principles

Maggie Houston caps teaching career with scholarship designed to help nontraditional female accounting students at Wright State

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Jim Hannah

Even in retirement, long-time accountancy instructor Maggie Houston continues to place the welfare of her students above all else. Continue reading →

Improving soldier health and performance with sensors and stimulators at Wright State center

Excerpt The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright Patterson AFB is the Air Force lead in human performance research and development for its air, space and cyberspace forces. Supporting that mission is the Ohio Federal Research Network’s (OFRN) Human … Continue reading →

Biomedical engineering students create automatic toothbrush for those unable to use their hands

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Micah Karr

Biomedical engineering students won the College of Engineering and Computer Science Senior Design Showcase for their creation of an automatic toothbrush. Continue reading →

Wright State’s Allen Hunt develops model to measure vegetation growth that offers promise in agriculture, climate prediction

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Jim Hannah

Physic professor Allen Hunt details his latest research in the Valdose Zone Journal, published by the Soil Science Society of America. Continue reading →

Youth basketball camp is a slam dunk

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Kris Sproles

Third graders through eighth grade students laced up their sneakers to learn skills and have some fun with Wright State basketball players. Continue reading →

Commentary by Wright State researchers on Lou Gehrig’s disease featured in prestigious scientific journal

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Jim Hannah

Wright State biological sciences professor invited graduate students to write a commentary with him on ALS research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Continue reading →

A helping hand

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Kris Sproles

A dozen Wright State students partnered with United Rehabilitation Services to provide physical activity sessions for adults and children clients. Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News profiles debut poetry collection by Wright State grad

Excerpt “Poetry is a mystical thing to me,” explains Rita Coleman, a local poet who lives in rural Greene County. Rita’s debut collection of poetry, “And Yet,” will be published in August by Finishing Line Press. “The title of the … Continue reading →

Lucky break

Wright State senior and Air Force veteran Lilia Barberi discovered passion for nursing after basic training injury

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Bob Mihalek

After serving as a medic at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Lilia Barberi is preparing for a career in nursing through Wright State’s Veteran Bachelor of Science Nursing program option. Continue reading →