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Wright State anthropology students dig for evidence of an historic Shawnee fort

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Jim Hannah

Undergraduate anthropology students receive hands-on training at excavating during Wright State’s Field School in Archaeology. Continue reading →

Madhavi Kadakia named interim vice provost for research at Wright State

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Bob Mihalek

Madhavi Kadakia is chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and associate dean of research affairs of the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading →

Wright State historian Noeleen McIlvenna wins prestigious fellowship award from North Caroliniana Society

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Jim Hannah

Noeleen McIlvenna, professor of history, received the 2021 Archie K. Davis Fellowship award for her work “Dressed Pork: North Carolina and the Atlantic World Economy.” Continue reading →

Shell splash

New research by Lake Campus faculty member Chuck Ciampaglio published by prestigious international journal

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Jim Hannah

Chuck Ciampaglio, professor of Earth and environmental science, and alumnus David Peterman discovered how an extinct animal moved through water. Continue reading →

Wright State WestRock Scholars studying quality of Wilmington drinking water sources

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Jim Hannah

WestRock created a research fund in 2020 to support research in sustainability science by Wright State students. Continue reading →

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 →