Ryan Rakocxy earned his undergraduate degree from Wright State in Psychology with a concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience, and his Master's from WSU in Neuroscience and Physiology,. He is currently in his first semester of the BMS PhD program. Rakoczy was accepted into the program in February 2017 and started in the Fall of 2018.
Rakoczy worked in the laboratory of Chris Wyatt, PhD., where they studied the carotid bodies: tiny little organs that "sense" how much oxygen and carbon...
It was no surprise when Rachel Smith chose to attend Wright State as she had family who were Raiders. With a scholarship package, family recommendations, and the university's proximity to her home in Enon, Ohio she was ready to begin her own Wright State story.
Rachel's story began as an undecided major. During her first semester, she enjoyed the labs in the Cells and Genes course taught by Dan Krane, PhD, professor of biological sciences. After taking the second freshman biology...
June 12 - 14, Wright State University hosted a Boot Camp on Event-related potentials (ERP). ERP is a form of electroencephalography (EEG) that is measured as a function of specific mental events – perceptual, cognitive, or motor. ERPs are a very useful tool to study human cognition. They are non-invasive, have a very high temporal resolution, and they can be use to pinpoint specific mental processes. ERPs are widely used as neurophysiological markers of perceptual and cognitive processes.
As a first generation college student, Allison Savoie, known as Ally by most, started her undergraduate program with a clear vision of her future. That is to become a professor to teach and do research. And she immediately took the initiative to make that happen.
As a sophomore she volunteered in the Earth & Environmental Sciences (EES) laboratory of assistant professor Silvia Newell, PhD, and quickly progressed to conducting her own research. Newell commented, "Ally is committed...
Becca Ewing was familiar with Wright State since her dad had worked on campus as an Army ROTC professor. As the salutatorian of her high school class in Batavia, OH, Wright State offered her excellent financial aid, with the added benefit of being close to home.
Her love of science began young, so she was surprised about how long it took to declare a major. Becca said, "I was sure I wanted to do biology research so finding out that I wasn’t actually interested in that was surprising...
