Wright State in the News

Dayton Daily News reports Lake Campus construction project has begun

Excerpt Wright State University’s Lake Campus will start construction on a new building that will be completed by the winter of 2018. The Lake Campus’s Agriculture and Water Quality Center will be a 8,190 square-foot building and will cost $3 … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News says three local valedictorians headed to Wright State are students ‘you should know’

Excerpt Rebecca Reese, Wayne Rebecca Reese is a senior at Wayne High School and is graduating as Valedictorian of her class. She is the vice president of Student Council, a clarinet section leader in the marching band, and runs distance … Continue reading →

WYSO reports on Wright State student breathing new life into historic ‘mixed-race’ settlement of Longtown

In southwest Ohio, about a mile from the Indiana state line, a long-forgotten town with a special place in African American history is struggling to be reborn. Longtown was established nearly 200 years ago in what is now Greenville. The … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News writes about success of Wright State’s RASE program

Wright State University has offered a coaching program for students with Autism for five years now and officials say it has become the precedent for programs geared toward students with disabilities. Raiders on the Autism Spectrum Excelling, called RASE, provides … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News highlights ‘fat letter’ film project by Wright State student, father

Excerpt What started as a Springboro High School student’s summer project is now an award-winning documentary now available on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon and other video streaming services. “It is amazing and it is all thanks to my dad with his … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News writes about Boonshoft grad, former WNBA player

Excerpt A retired WNBA player will graduate Friday from Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine. Alison Bales has earned her medical degree from Wright State after having played professional basketball for five years. Her mother, Mary McCarthy, is the … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News shares information about Boonshoft School of Medicine commencement speaker

Excerpt The 19th surgeon general of the United States will deliver a commencement address to graduates of Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine. Vivek H. Murthy will speak to graduates during the graduation ceremony set for 6:30 p.m. on … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News features Kno.e.sis, Cognovi Labs investments

Excerpt A Dayton-area high tech firm is celebrating recent big investments and announcing a new focus. Cognovi Labs, Inc. — the AI and predictive behavioral analytics company that says it last year predicted the outcome of the Brexit and the … Continue reading →

Entomology Today features Wright State researcher

Biology professor Don Cipollini

Excerpt Last fall, researchers at Wright State University announced they had found that emerald ash borer can develop from larvae to adulthood on a species of olive tree. Today, that study is published online in the Journal of Economic Entomology. … Continue reading →

Wright State management expert contributes to Wall Street Journal article about corporate boards

Excerpt The conventional wisdom couldn’t be clearer: The more independent a company’s board is, the better. The presence of any company employees, other than perhaps the company’s CEO, can only bring trouble. The conventional wisdom couldn’t be more wrong: Boards … Continue reading →