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Wright State researchers use social media and other online information to track emergency efforts during natural disasters

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Wright State Media Team

As a killer flood was devastating his native India, Wright State computer science student Hemant Purohit decided to put the research he was doing into practice. Heavy rainfall in the Indian state of Uttarakhand had triggered heavy flooding and landslides. … Continue reading →

’03 Alumna, radio host back in Dayton

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Seth Bauguess

Radio listeners across the Miami Valley have welcomed an old friend back into their lives. Gina Ferraro is again on the radio airwaves, but this time… Continue reading →

Wright State students lead professional geologists on field trip

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Jim Hannah

When it comes to field trips, students are normally the ones being led. But a group of Wright State University environmental/geology students… Continue reading →

Wright State to host conference and ball to celebrate the Pride and Prejudice Bicentennial

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Reilly Dixon

Two centuries ago, a relatively unknown woman named Jane Austen published a novel of manners and marriage that went greatly overlooked… Continue reading →

Wright State announces Center for Manufacturing Sciences

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Jim Hannah

The Wright State University Center for Manufacturing Sciences, which will build on the rich history of manufacturing in Ohio by creating an… Continue reading →

Valedictorians/salutatorians swell newest class

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Jim Hannah

They are twin brothers, were home-schooled, both play the violin and—oh yes—they were valedictorian and salutatorian of the same high school class. Continue reading →

Samantha Laux: Forever in Our Hearts

Scholarship fund honors the memory, bravery, and tenacity of a Wright State student

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Kim Patton

They were always a welcome sight on the Wright State campus. Beautiful, dark-haired Samantha Laux and her adorable Golden Retriever service dog, Dylan. They left a permanent handprint—and pawprint—on the hearts of everyone they met. “She pulled me out of … Continue reading →

Wright State gallery becomes a fantasy world of light and color

Excerpt Soo Sunny Park, a South Korean artist, has been busy transforming the Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries at Wright State University into a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of light, shadow and brilliant color. When one thinks of beauty, an ordinary chainlink … Continue reading →

Wright State Grads Drive Air Force Research

Successful Wright State alumni have helped strengthen the university’s connections with Wright-Patterson Air Force base

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Jim Hannah

They have jetted to the stratosphere of research in the U.S. Air Force. One oversees the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Another is chief scientist for human performance. A third heads up research on sensors. All are Wright State University … Continue reading →

No Place Like Home

Home-schooled student thriving at Wright State