Wright State Headlines
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Feb 13
Wright State names Rajneesh Suri dean of Raj Soin College of Business
Rajneesh Suri joins Wright State from Drexel University, where he was senior vice provost for academic industry partnerships and founding academic director of the Drexel Solutions Institute and the Innovation Engine. Continue reading
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Feb 12
‘Only in New York,’ born at Wright State
On stage Feb. 13–22 in the Herbst Theatre, “Only in New York” allows Wright State theatre students to debut original roles in a new musical created for them. Continue reading
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Feb 12
Wright State president, Horizon League leaders welcome new commissioner
The Horizon League Board of Directors named Jill Bodensteiner, vice president and director of athletics at Saint Joseph’s University, the league’s next commissioner. Continue reading
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Feb 11
Wright State celebrates homecoming with week-long block party
Homecoming Week transported alumni, students, faculty and staff back to the sights and sounds of the 1980s and ’90s with its “Block Party” theme. Continue reading
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Feb 10
Wright State baseball to take on Dayton Flyers at Day Air Ballpark April 15
The Wright State University baseball team will face the University of Dayton on April 15 at Day Air Ballpark, the home of the High-A Dayton Dragons. Continue reading
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Research
Sultans of Swing will examine links between baseball, jazz and fiction
Series begins with a lecture on “Sports and the Absent History of the Harlem Renaissance” on Jan. 29 and a panel discussion on “Women and African-Americans in Baseball History” on Feb. 10. Continue reading
Wright State team selected for nationwide interprofessional faculty development project
Interprofessional collaborative project includes Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health and School of Professional Psychology, Cedarville University School of Pharmacy and Kettering College Physician Assistant Program. Continue reading
Reservoir riddle
Wright State environmental scientists investigate effectiveness of trapping greenhouse gases underground
A research team from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has won part of a $10 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to study geologically sequestering of carbon dioxide. Continue reading
Virtual vibe
Nursing professor Sherry Farra uses virtual reality to conduct pioneering research in hospital evacuation training
Nursing professor Sherry Farra uses virtual reality to conduct pioneering research in hospital evacuation training. Continue reading
Wright State’s Allen Hunt co-authors book on new tool that offers promise in predicting global warming
A new mathematical tool promises to offer important insights into global warming by predicting soil formation and depth and the influence of soil on vegetation growth. Continue reading
Nursing professors honored for research on bath salts and pregnancy
Wright State nursing faculty members honored for providing vital information to health care professionals about the effects bath salts can have on pregnant women and their babies. Continue reading
‘Of Beards and Men’
Excerpt Dewey would have been a sympathetic audience for “Of Beards and Men,” a finely detailed, borderline obsessive history by Christopher Oldstone-Moore, who spends more than 300 pages arguing that there’s very little on which facial hair might not come … Continue reading
Designer genes
Wright State biomedical engineering students get chance to examine reconstruction of fateful TWA Flight 800
Graduate students in Wright State’s biomedical engineering program met with federal regulators and investigators to learn how the government analyzes equipment failures and works to design systems that don’t fail. Continue reading
Wright State researchers develop software to detect cyberbullying
Wright State University researchers are developing new software that can detect cyberbullying. The new software can search social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, and detect messages that may be offensive or hurtful — and then alert the person who’s being targeted. … Continue reading
Visual encounter
Wright State cognitive neuroscientist Assaf Harel builds pioneering lab to probe how the brain processes visual images
Wright State cognitive neuroscientist Assaf Harel builds pioneering lab to probe how the brain processes visual images. Continue reading
