Research

Solar activity

Wright State researchers Jeffrey Travers and Yanfang Chen win $1.7 million NIH grant to study effects of sunlight

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Jim Hannah

A super sunscreen for people hypersensitive to the searing rays of the sun could be the end result of research in the Wright State Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Continue reading →

Wright State biologists Shulin Ju, Quan Zhong win $450,000 federal research grant to study neurological disease

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Jim Hannah

The research by Ju and Zhong is aimed at understanding mechanisms of the cellular toxicity of the protein-coding gene FUS, mutations in which cause ALS. Continue reading →

Enhancing minority student representation in undergraduate research was topic of College of Science and Mathematics workshop

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Jim Hannah

The workshop examined how the ASK Program could enhance the recruitment and support of underrepresented minority students. Continue reading →

Runkle Woods Symposium a virtual treasure chest of research and information about Wright State’s forest

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Jim Hannah

The Runkle Woods Symposium is an opportunity to explore the Wright State woods with research from the Colleges of Science and Mathematics and Liberal Arts. Continue reading →

Wright State business faculty win prestigious Ranyard Medal for analytics research

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Jim Hannah

Anand Jeyaraj and Amir Hassan Zadeh, faculty members in the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, were honored for their paper on the alignment of business and social media strategies. Continue reading →

Social behavior

Wright State student research on the COVID-19 pandemic and social media to be presented at an international conference

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Jim Hannah

A study by computer science and engineering students suggests that social media can detect COVID-19 news early and could be used to understand public reaction and to emergent pandemics. Continue reading →

Sky high

Wright State engineering students help a local middle school launch a high-altitude balloon

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Jim Hannah

The Wright State students are members of the university’s chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Continue reading →

Molecular movement

Wright State student researcher Christina Davis will participate in an exchange program in Singapore

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Jim Hannah

Christina Davis, a biochemistry and molecular biology major, works as a research assistant at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Continue reading →

Students will tackle climate change during Innovation Weekend

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Bob Mihalek

Wright State students will devise opportunities to address the causes of climate change during Innovation Weekend, Nov. 6–8. Continue reading →