Alumni News

TEDxDayton 2018 has Wright State flavor

October 4, 2018

The sixth TEDxDayton will take place Oct. 12 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton.

By the numbers

Wright State graduate students Fan Yang and Michele Miller win first place in prestigious Datathon competition

September 28, 2018

Two Wright State graduate students were honored for developing a model that could be used to help patients with sickle cell disease better manage their pain.

Poster popularity

Wright State SOPP student Peyton Jones honored for posters at Ohio Psychological Association Convention

September 4, 2018

Peyton Jones, who is pursuing his Psy.D. at Wright State, was honored for his poster exploring psychological assessments of people whose assigned sex at birth does not match their gender identity.

Chance encounter

Wright State’s Joyce Howes donates a kidney to Phil Combs, a former colleague she never knew

August 7, 2018

Joyce Howes donated her kidney to Phil Combs after he sent an email to his colleagues asking for help.

14 Wright State alumni named to Dayton Business Journal’s ‘Forty Under 40’ list

May 30, 2018

Wright State University made a big splash in the Dayton Business Journal’s 2018 “Forty Under 40” awards.

Clinical clarity

Wright State graduate student Joshua Sensenbaugh elected vice president of Students in Pediatric Neuropsychology

May 29, 2018

Joshua Sensenbaugh, a student at Wright State University’s School of Professional Psychology, is focusing his studies in pediatric neuropsychology.

Gold standard

Elizabeth Freeman, who uses her degree to mine for gold in Alaska, had her college career interrupted for three years before returning. "I feel like I am finally achieving the goals I set out for myself all those years ago."

May 17, 2018

2015 Wright State graduate Elizabeth Freeman works as a geologist at a gold mine near Juneau, Alaska.