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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Wright State in the News
Wright State to host conference tackling education diversity
Excerpt Wright State University will host a conference late this month focused on education diversity, a growing concern among institutions around the country. The Multicultural Millennium Conference will address social justice issues, diversity and have a special emphasis on how … Continue reading
Dayton-area schools ranked among tops in country by U.S. News & World Report
Excerpt Wright State University took No. 38 for best online graduate engineering programs, tied for No. 47 in best online graduate education programs, and tied for No. 53 for best online graduate education programs, for its Raj Soin College of … Continue reading
UD, WSU recognized for community engagement
Excerpt Students from Wright State provide more than 6,000 hours of tutoring each year while UD maintains a partnership with the district and the Dayton Foundation to operate the Neighborhood Schools Center. Wright State’s application noted the thousands of clinical … Continue reading
Take 5 with Tess Cortes
Excerpt “Materialize,” opening at Purdue Galleries Jan. 15, is a fascinating exploration into 3-D and digital printing. Tess Cortes, the gallery coordinator at Wright State University, is helping to bring this show to Lafayette. She talked to the Journal & Courier … Continue reading
Health care advances tested at Wright State
Excerpt When it comes to medicines and medical treatments that change lives, clinical trials are meant to be trailblazers. In Dayton, an alliance of three organizations — Premier Health, the area’s largest hospital system, and the Wright State University Boonshoft … Continue reading
Wright State University official named to CareSource trustees
Excerpt A Wright State University associate dean has been named to the CareSource Ohio Board of Trustees. Dr. Gary LeRoy, who is associate dean of student affairs and admissions at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, will join the Medicaid managed … Continue reading
Audio—Ecologists take on tiny green beetles that infest ash trees
The emerald ash borer is spreading across the U.S. and destroying ash trees. The pests usually only bothered ash trees, but an Ohio scientist has made a distressing discovery. Listen to the report from National Public Radio.
Dare to Defy prepares compelling ‘Last Five Years’
Excerpt Wright State University senior musical theater majors Ian Benjamin and Kelsey Pohl star in Dare to Defy Productions’ staging of Jason Robert Brown’s humorous, romantic and heartbreaking 2002 musical “The Last Five Years,” scheduled for Friday, Jan. 2, and … Continue reading
Wright State names new CIO
Excerpt Wright State University has named a new chief information officer. Craig Woolley will assume the post January 5. He is currently assistant vice president for information technology at the University of South Florida. Woolley will oversee information technology policy, … Continue reading
Wright State grad creates sets for television, film
Excerpt When his fourth-grade teacher told him his drawings were “just scribbles,” Martin Fahrer stopped making art. But when his Wright State University professor, Joe Tilford, insisted he learn to draw if he wanted to become a stage designer, he reconsidered … Continue reading
