Wright State Headlines
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Jul 9
Wright State Police Department honored for excellence in community policing
The Wright State Police Department was named the July Agency of the Month by the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police and the Law Enforcement Foundation. Continue reading
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Jul 8
Wright State ranked among top universities worldwide for third consecutive year
Wright State University was ranked in the top 6.7% out of 21,462 universities worldwide in the 2025 edition of the outcome-based Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings. Continue reading
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Jul 7
Profitable pitch
Wright State entrepreneurship graduate Peyton Hoff used his $6,000 Wright Venture competition prize money to launch Absolute Roofing Services, which has grown into a thriving business. Continue reading
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Jul 3
Wright State alum Lindsay Aitchison fulfills childhood space-agency dream
Wright State engineering alum Lindsay Aitchison received the 2025 College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies Outstanding Alumni Award. Continue reading
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Jul 2
Wright State business professor, alumnus honored by regional technology organizations
Technology First honored Amir Zadeh, professor of management information systems, as the 2024 Tech Educator of the Year and recognized grad Brandon Hubley with the Award of Excellence in the Student Project category. Continue reading
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Research
Synergy search
Wright State nursing educators win research grant to measure and improve teamwork
Wright State nursing educators will measure and improve synergy and teamwork among nursing students in class projects and in the nursing profession. Continue reading
Feathered friends
Wright State students travel to Poland to study bird behavior
The study abroad trip offered psychology and biology majors a chance to study animals in their natural state. Continue reading
Citizen sensing to insights, predictions and decisions
Wright State professor Amit Sheth is a leader in combining computer science with social media
Amit Sheth finds commercial success with a software system that analyzes big data on social media sites. Continue reading
Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers find PTSD correlates with suicide attempts
The study found that suicide attempts in trauma survivors are linked to PTSD symptom severity, childhood maltreatment and substance-related problems. Continue reading
Intelligent machines
Zach Fuchs’ robot engineering course produces impressive array of machines — from firefighters to mine-detectors
The Intelligent Machine Design course in the College of Engineering and Computer Science gives engineering students “amazing hands-on experience.” Continue reading
Wright State researchers are attacking breast cancer
Julian Gomez-Cambronero works with members of his laboratory to find the molecular mechanisms that lead to breast cancer cell growth and invasiveness. Continue reading
Wright State research in Sierra Leone focused on translation, stressors
John Conteh, assistant professor in the Department of Human Services, conducted research how to translate a World Health Organization questionnaire into Krio. Continue reading
Wright State’s Amit Sheth honored by Ohio Faculty Council for his technology commercialization success
Amit Sheth commercialized his successful software system Twitris in partnership with Wright State’s tech-transfer office. Continue reading
Commercial success
Wright State’s Commercialization unit and Technology Transfer Office help bring university inventions to market
The Wright State Research Institute’s Commercialization unit and the university’s Technology Transfer Office have helped launch several startup businesses. Continue reading
Standard operating procedure
Wright State grad student Eric Tatman completes prestigious fellowship with National Institute of Standards and Technology
Eric Tatman, who is pursuing a master’s in design and mechanical engineering from Wright State, spent his summer conducting research with a nuclear reactor. Continue reading
