Wright State in the News

This retrospective salute to Julia Reichert, organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University, celebrates one of the most distinguished bodies of work in American independent film and one of our most accomplished documentarians. A … Continue reading →

Excerpt Festival of Flight, a new community festival celebrating flight and highlighting the importance of the Miami Valley’s aviation heritage, will hold its inaugural event this fall. The free all-day festival will take place on the grounds behind the Wright … Continue reading →

Excerpt Caroline Cao is a professor of biomedical, industrial and human factors engineering at Wright State University. Now, she’s furthering her path down the local startup scene, after receiving funding to support her prototype development. Her company, Endo Guidance Technologies LLC, was … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University has named the next chairman of its board of trustees. At the university’s board meeting May 3, it was announced Sean Fitzpatrick will be the university’s next chairman of the board of trustees. Fitzpatrick is the managing director of … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University has partnered with a local technology company to further its accessibility for students with physical disabilities. The university has added three Obi dining robots to its services, which are designed, developed and manufactured by DESiN LLC in … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University is integrating a local company’s technology to help students with disabilities be more independent at mealtimes. Locally invented and manufactured Obi was created by University of Dayton engineering graduate Jon Dekar, who made the first all-wood … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State will avoid state fiscal watch, state documents show, but school leaders warned the university has work to do before it’s financially in the clear. “We still have a lot of work left to do, but that’s certainly … Continue reading →

Wright State University will award an honorary degree to a relative of the Wright Brothers during the school’s commencement ceremony next month. Amanda Wright Lane, great grandniece of Wilbur and Orville Wright, will receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters … Continue reading →

Wright State University will team up with experts from five other universities – including Ohio State – to join a federal effort aimed at reducing opioid deaths by 40 percent over the next three years. Health and Human Services Secretary … Continue reading →