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Wright State actress is breaking new ground

Wright State University student Nerissa Johnson is breaking barriers before an audience, and getting rave reviews. Johnson, who has Cerebral Palsy, is sharing a role as a flower vendor in Wright State Theatre’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” This week, she’ll … Continue reading

Foreign service

Wright State alum Joshua Cummins gets inside peek at workings of Persian Gulf nation of Qatar

Joshua Cummins, who has degrees in history and international and comparative politics from Wright State, received first-hand lessons on the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar during a fellowship. Continue reading

​‘Desire’ to turn up heat at Wright State

Excerpt The kindness of strangers will once again propel the haunting, heartbreaking potency of Tennessee Williams’ 1948 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “A Streetcar Named Desire” as Wright State University presents the landmark play beginning Thursday in the Festival Playhouse. Set in … Continue reading

Wright State Theatre presents the classic ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

Wright State Theatre’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 7 in the Festival Playhouse in the Creative Arts Center. Continue reading

Psychologist Sarah Gervais coming to Wright State to present lecture, workshop on confronting prejudice

University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Sarah Gervais will give a lecture on Feb. 3 and an interactive workshop on Feb. 4. Continue reading

‘Jeopardy!’ watch party set for Wright State’s Emily Bingham

The Wright State Alumni Association invites students, alumni and “Jeopardy!” fans to attend the watch party on Feb. 2. Continue reading

Paralympian Amy Purdy to speak at Wright State in Presidential Lecture Series

Amy Purdy’s Presidential Lecture, “Living Beyond Limits,” begins at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12. Continue reading

Wright State to celebrate new Office of LGBTQA Affairs

The Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Ally Affairs will host a Launch event on Jan. 27 beginning at noon in the Student Union Rathskeller. Continue reading

Day in the life of Wright State’s shuttle drivers and transportation attendants

Shuttle drivers routinely drive hundreds of students to and from various buildings, apartments and parking lots around campus every day. Continue reading

Inquiring minds

John Cutcliffe leads renewed focus on nursing research in the College of Nursing and Health

John Cutcliffe brings his enthusiasm for research to the College of Nursing and Health as the Blanke Endowed Chair for Nursing Research and director of the Center for Nursing Research.
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