Wright State in the News

Dayton Daily News: Dr. LeRoy of Wright State elected president of physician group

Excerpt A Dayton physician, Dr. Gary LeRoy, is the new president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The national physician group represents 131,400 physicians and medical students. The group stated that LeRoy in his new role “advocates on behalf … Continue reading →

WHIO: Wright State chemistry researchers awarded more than $400K for cancer-fighting project

Excerpt A team of chemistry researchers received a three-year, $462,195 award from the National Institutes of Health to help work on a novel approach to fighting cancers. Kuppuswamy Arumugam, an assistant professor of chemistry at Wright State University, and Jonathan … Continue reading →

Business Wire: Marxent hires Wright State computer science grad

Excerpt Marxent announced today that the company has hired Emily Novak, a graduate of Wright State University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science and 2016 recipient of The Marxent Prize – A WSU Scholarship for Women in Engineering. Barry Besecker, Marxent’s CTO … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News: Local couple’s photo booth company continues strong growth

When Fairborn resident Jake Prichard started a photo booth company with his brother as a 21-year-old student at Wright State University, he never expected it to take off. But the company now operated by Prichard and his wife Jayme has … Continue reading →

Fairborn Daily Herald: Alexa, who is Wright State alumnus Joe Jessup?

Excerpt When Wright State University alumnus Joe Jessup ’98 was first hired at Amazon working for the Alexa engine in 2016, the first thing he asked his Alexa was, unfortunately, pretty boring. “I used one of the most common questions,” … Continue reading →

Fairborn Daily Herald: Wright State researchers awarded grant cancer-fighting project

Excerpt A team of Wright State University chemistry researchers is working on a novel approach to fighting cancer thanks to a three-year, $470,000 award from the National Institutes of Health. Kuppuswamy Arumugam, an assistant chemistry professor in the Wright State … Continue reading →

The Doctors: Kevin Lorson talks about his Ohio opioid prevention curriculum

Kevin Lorson, director of Wright State’s Physical Education Licensure Program, appeared on “The Doctors” to discuss his efforts to develop the Health and Opioid Prevention Education (HOPE) curriculum. It is designed to help schools address state requirements and be adaptable to … Continue reading →

Most Metro review: ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’

Inquisitive autistic British teenager Christopher Boone, an introverted lover of math, rodents and the Rubik’s cube, overcomes adversity with empowering fortitude in Simon Stephens’ compelling 2012 drama “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” currently receiving a terrific regional … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News: Are ‘Air Ubers’ the future? Wright State researchers working to make them a reality

Excerpt   Researchers at Wright State University are trying to develop what they call an “Air Uber.” The researchers are part of a group awarded a $2 million grant from the Ohio Federal Research Network to support research and development … Continue reading →

Fairborn Daily Herald: Wright State part of national effort to archive history

Excerpt Chris Wydman, archivist and records manager in Special Collections and Archives at Wright State University, is the university’s liaison to Project STAND, a national effort to preserve and archive that history-making student activism. The Vietnam War. Segregation. Pollution. All … Continue reading →