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Wright State sends 87 student athletes to Horizon League all-academic honor roll

Excerpt Wright State has placed 87 student-athletes on the spring Horizon League Academic Honor Roll, which was announced Wednesday by the league office. The Horizon League Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 … Continue reading →

Disaster area

Wright State’s Jim Gruenberg says disaster historians could strengthen relief efforts

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Jim Gruenberg sitting on rocks at Calamityville

Jim Gruenberg, deputy director of Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville, says disaster historians can help communities prepare for and respond to emergencies. Continue reading →

Wright State-Lake program to focus on rural practices

Excerpt Wright State University-Lake Campus is adding a medical program that focuses on rural practices. Dr. Margaret Dunn, dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, spoke to about 20 lake campus faculty, staff and local hospital representatives about building … Continue reading →

Wright State’s Julian Gomez-Cambronero lands visiting professorship at Harvard

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Professor Julian Gomez-Cambronero will serve as a visiting professor at Harvard as part of a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant. Continue reading →

Lake effect

Wright State’s Bonnie Mathies leaving lasting legacy at Lake Campus

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Bonnie Mathies near Grand Lake St. Marys

As dean of Wright State’s Lake Campus, Bonnie Mathies oversaw surging enrollments, a nearly doubling of bachelor-degree programs and the purchase of nearly 40 acres for expansion. Continue reading →

Dayton-area university nets $7.5M to study drones

Excerpt Wright State University is getting $7.5 million for more research on drones. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Wright State another $7.5 million on a contract first awarded in 2011. The new funding will go toward researching ways for … Continue reading →

Retired general appointed to Wright State Board of Trustees

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Seth Bauguess

Retired Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, previous commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is the newest trustee to the nine-member board. Continue reading →

Universities to form network targeting 2,500 jobs, $300M in research

Excerpt A measure proposed in the Ohio state budget would earmark millions in funding to help Ohio’s colleges win hundreds of millions in federal research and create thousands of new jobs. Ohio’s budget, which is working its way through the … Continue reading →

3-D detective

Wright State alumnus John McIntire '14 wins prestigious national aerospace award for dissertation on stereoscopic research

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Wright State alumnus John McIntire ’14 wins prestigious national aerospace award for his dissertation on stereoscopic research. Continue reading →

Boonshoft School of Medicine student runs in ultramarathon, raises money for Swaziland mobile hospital organization

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Heather Maurer

Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine student Teddy Bross ran in a 100-mile race to raise funds for The Luke Commission, a mobile hospital outreach organization based in Swaziland. Continue reading →