Wright State in the News

Joylynn Brown had the interim tag removed from her title and will continue to serve as Wright State University’s Director of Athletics, the school announced Tuesday. “I am overwhelmed with gratitude,” Brown wrote on X (Twitter). “To get to lead … Continue reading →

A Coldwater Elementary School teacher was selected from 1,300 applicants to receive one of the 50 sweetgum seeds that rode in Artemis II when it orbited the moon in 2022. Rachel Tebbe planted the seed back in May. And now it’s a five-foot-tall tree … Continue reading →

Wright State University is putting a new aviation degree program in the skies. According to a recent Boeing study, over the next 20 years, the U.S. aviation industry is expected to experience a shortage of 130,000 pilots. “There’s a huge … Continue reading →

In an opinion column in the Columbus Dispatch, Lee Hannah, Ph.D., professor of political science at Wright State University, explores the implementation of recreational marijuana in Ohio. Hannah and his co-author, Daniel Mallinson, Ph.D.,an associate professor of public policy and … Continue reading →

Thirty college students and five high schoolers are at Wright State University learning about the semiconductor career field. They are part of the Intel-sponsored summer internship program. The company is building two massive chip production plants east of Columbus. In … Continue reading →

Wright State University dance alumna Alexis “Tilly” Evans-Krueger has taken Broadway by storm. In addition to serving as associate choreographer of and portraying tomboy Ace in the Broadway musical adaptation of “The Outsiders,” the recipient of four 2024 Tony Awards … Continue reading →

Ryan Mast, D.O., a child and adolescent psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, talked to the Dayton Daily News about calls by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to place warning labels … Continue reading →

A new aviation program is coming to a local college. Wright State University plans to launch the program this fall semester. The degree program will provide the training and skills needed for those who wish to pursue technical positions in … Continue reading →

Wright State University is launching an aviation degree aimed at people who want to become pilots, the university announced this week. Students can earn a bachelor’s degree, associate’s degree or minor in aviation, the university said. The program will admit … Continue reading →

The Wright State University Board of Trustees unanimously appointed the board chair at Premier Health, Jill Wilson, to act as a non-voting, national trustee on Wright State’s board. Wilson, who is also president and CEO of Otterbein SeniorLife, will serve … Continue reading →