Wright State Headlines
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Jan 9
Nichole Rustad named associate vice president for university communications and marketing at Wright State
Nichole Rustad is responsible for providing vision, strategy and oversight for all communications and marketing functions at Wright State. Continue reading
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Dec 20 2024
Wright State to launch mobile street medicine project for underserved patients in Dayton
Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine will collaborate with Premier Health to provide health care services to people with substance use disorders through a mobile community-based health care, or street medicine, model. Continue reading
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Dec 19 2024
Top 10 Wright State Newsroom videos of 2024
The Wright State Newsroom shared once-in-a-lifetime moments with students, faculty and staff while making joyful connections with alumni during 2024. Continue reading
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Dec 18 2024
2025 Alumni Achievement Awards celebrate distinguished Wright State community members
The Wright State University Alumni Association recognized the accomplishments of Wright State alumni and friends with its 2025 Alumni Achievement Awards. Continue reading
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Dec 17 2024
Wright State alum partners with alma mater to brew a Raider-branded beer
Fans can now enjoy Wright State University-branded beer while cheering on the Raiders. Continue reading
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Research
Virtual and augmented reality immersion program seeks to help health care providers better understand patients
The team will develop a virtual and augmented reality immersion program to help health professionals better understand the social determinants of health, the economic and social conditions that affect an individual’s health. Continue reading
Taking the lead
Wright State’s Considine Scholars Program fostering leadership skills among women in STEM
The Considine Scholars Program funds undergraduate STEM research positions in campus laboratories. Continue reading
Grand Challenges
Wright State chosen as university node for prestigious National Academy of Engineering academic program
Wright State will participate in a national program that prepares students to become future leaders capable of addressing the challenges of the 21st century. Continue reading
Muscle mystery
Wright State biologist Andrew Voss lands $454,000 federal research award to investigate Huntington’s disease
The three-year research award is aimed at determining if there is a primary disease of the muscle in Huntington’s disease. Continue reading
3D thinking
Wright State senior Rachel Evans completes manufacturing internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rachel Evans, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at Wright State University, researched new manufacturing technologies during a summer internship. Continue reading
Wright State engineering professor Sheng Li honored for top paper in lubrication engineering
Sheng Li received the Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. Continue reading
Research into pacemakers, hearing aids, joint replacements focus of projects by Wright State biomedical engineering students
Research projects by the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science hold great promise. Continue reading
Wright State professor Amit Sheth elected a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
Amit Sheth, executive director of Wright State’s Kno.e.sis, was recognized for his contributions on information integration, distributed workflow, and semantics and knowledge-based big data analytics. Continue reading
Weekend of innovation
Students from a variety of majors dreamed up ways military medics could evaluate injured personnel from the battlefield during Innovation Weekend, sponsored by the College of Science and Mathematics. Continue reading
Survey to assess needs of older Miami Valley LGBTQ population for first time
Students at the Boonshoft School of Medicine are working with an alliance of community organizations to lead the LGBTQ Aging with Pride Survey. Continue reading
