Wright State Headlines
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Oct 7
Wright State’s undergrad computer science and engineering programs ranked among top in Ohio by U.S. News
Wright State University’s undergraduate computer science and engineering programs are ranked No. 3 among Ohio’s public universities in U.S. News and World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges rankings. Continue reading
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Oct 6
From goats to gourds, Wright State finds fun ways to support mental health
Wright State put a creative spin on World Mental Health Day with activities designed to help students, faculty and staff prioritize their mental health. Continue reading
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Oct 2
Undergraduate enrollment rises nearly 5% at Wright State University
Undergraduate enrollment at Wright State rose to 7,963 students this fall, driving the university’s third consecutive year of overall enrollment growth to a total of 11,924 students. Continue reading
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Oct 2
Wright State partners with Coursera to expand career readiness opportunities
Through a new partnership with Coursera’s Career Academy, Wright State students can explore career paths, develop high-demand skills and earn micro-credentials and professional certificates that prove job readiness to employers. Continue reading
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Sep 30
Nearly 1,000 Wright State students and alumni attend fall Career Fair
Hundreds of students and alumni connected with potential employers and explored career and internship opportunities at Wright State University’s Fall 2025 Career and Internship Fair. Continue reading
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Wright State in the News
Dayton Daily News profiles debut poetry collection by Wright State grad
Excerpt “Poetry is a mystical thing to me,” explains Rita Coleman, a local poet who lives in rural Greene County. Rita’s debut collection of poetry, “And Yet,” will be published in August by Finishing Line Press. “The title of the … Continue reading
Dayton Business Journal reports more state funds could be coming to Wright State for Human Performance research
Excerpt Several years after its launch, an initiative by Wright State University with funds from the Ohio Third Frontier has meant more chances to win contracts, officials say. The Ohio Controlling Board will vote Monday on whether to disperse … Continue reading
Fairborn Daily Herald reports on Wright State community service project in Nicaragua
Excerpt Families in Nicaragua sometimes have to walk for hours for clean drinking water. Twenty-four Wright State University students decided to help, spending a week working alongside the community to not only change the lives of the families they helped, … Continue reading
Tom Archdeacon profiles medical school grad, basketball star Alison Bales
Excerpt In mid-March of 2007, the 6-foot-7 Bales — a graduate of Beavercreek High and Duke University — walked onto the stage at the Renaissance Hotel in Cleveland’s Public Square for the first round of the WNBA Draft and was … Continue reading
Scientific American interviews Wright State autism expert
Excerpt Society teaches people with autism from a young age that they are incapable of love, says Jessica Penwell Barnett, assistant professor of sexuality studies in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Barnett … Continue reading
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
