Wright State in the News

((Excerpt)) Local institutions such as Wright State and Central State universities, which have a mission of providing affordable access to college, are also developing programs to recruit more aggressively out-of-state. Central State, already a nationally known historically black university, is … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) RIPLEY, Ohio — A select group of students from Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School got to do more than study science this summer. They were able to interact with it while on an oceanography trip sponsored by two … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Politicians are always invoking America’s founding — and often getting it wrong.The truth is, though, nearly all of us get the facts wrong, too. In “The Whites of Their Eyes,” Wright State University history professor Paul Lockhart clears up … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) The CareSource Foundation recently awarded a $150,000 signature grant to the Montgomery County Ohio College Promise Program. Through the College Promise Program, students are paired with mentors to improve or uphold school attendance, grades and behavior. Students who fulfill … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Splendid collaborations, promising new works, compelling dramas and knockout regional and local premieres impressively accented Dayton’s strong, refreshingly progressive 2010-11 theater season. I attended nearly 70 shows over the past 12 months, and unsurprisingly, the triumphs outweighed the troubled. … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) Why Are the Walls Screaming?” is the title of an art show up now in the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery. The artist, Wright State student Tony Powers, is a synesthete. (sin-uh s-theet) That means, when Powers hears a … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) DaShaun Wood arrived in Germany, and it felt more like home. “It’s way more Americanized,” said Wood, the former Wright State basketball standout who left Italy for Germany last summer. “More people speak English, and they just have a … Continue reading →

If you think the academy is light-years away from the “real world,” you must abandon those notions when walking into the office of Berkwood Farmer, dean of the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University. DaytonBusinessJournals.com Farmer’s office … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) After high school, Smith enrolled at Wright State University without a scholarship. He became Wright State’s closer and developed a sidearm delivery. Smith was chosen by the New York Mets in the third round of the June 2006 amateur … Continue reading →

((Excerpt)) It’s difficult to know how many people worldwide are synesthetes, but research suggests that it’s about one in 2,000 people, according to the American Psychological Association. Powers, a senior at Wright State University, is showing a solo exhibition of … Continue reading →