Welcome to the Wright State University Press Release Database! Here are the 10 most recent press releases posted:

Kristallnacht commemoration to be held at Wright State -- Wright State University will hold a special commemoration to mark the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht on Nov. 5. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. in room E163 of the Student Union and will include presentations by three distinguished speakers. (10/31/2008)

WSU hosts public safety expo Friday -- Wright State University will host a Public Safety Expo on campus at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 31.(10/30/2008)

Wright State University celebrates Native American heritage -- Drums, dance and storytelling take center stage in November as Wright State celebrates Native American Heritage Month. The activities are organized by the WSU Asian/Hispanic/Native American (AHNA) Center and include an art exhibit, guest speaker, films and interactive festivities. (10/29/2008)

Wright State undergraduates working for NASA -- Two Wright State University students are currently working for NASA in the Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP). The program offers select students 15-week internships at one of 12 NASA space centers. Seth Wright and Joel Wish, mechanical engineering majors, are gaining firsthand experience as they research with top NASA scientists as mentors.(10/27/2008)

Wright State awards 24 engineering and computer science scholarships -- Twenty-four of the region's best and brightest high school graduates are working side-by-side with college professors performing research while getting ahead on their engineering degrees. These talented students are the newest recipients of the College Achievement and Research Scholarship (CARS) awarded by Wright State University's College of Engineering and Computer Science.(10/27/2008)

WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine provides hands-on training for military, civilian emergency personnel -- The exercise, part of a unique weeklong recertification course, featured a realistic simulation of a plane crash amid rugged terrain, including the use of a full-size, wrecked private plane with volunteer “victims” and high-tech, remote-controlled medical mannequins inside.(10/24/2008)

WSU gearing up for 2008 presidential election with lectures, mock election -- With Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama in the final leg of their 2008 presidential campaigns, Wright State University is also gearing up for Election Day with free, public lectures and a mock election.(10/20/2008)

WSU galleries presents annual Draw on the Walls event -- Did you ever want to draw on the walls as a kid? Wright State University's annual "Draw on the Walls" event held October 24 is your chance to express yourself on an open canvas of 600 feet of white gallery walls.(10/15/2008)

Multicultural Halloween at Wright State features worldwide fall celebrations, champion Chinese acrobat -- Halloween in America means pumpkins, costumes, goblins, candy and trick or treat. But in other cultures, similar fall events are observed in different ways. The ninth annual Multicultural Halloween at Wright State University on Wednesday, Oct. 29, offers a chance to experience celebrations from other cultures.(10/10/2008)

Wright State leads 1,100 campuses in national ONE Campaign to fight poverty -- The ONE Bus will roll onto Wright State’s campus Friday morning to lead the campus community in a celebration of its current first-place status in the national ONE Campus Challenge. Wright State students now lead student groups across the nation in the competition to prove whose campus has the most creative and extreme poverty fighters in the country.(10/9/2008)

Poking fun at science: Founder of Ig Nobel Prize to give free, public lecture at WSU -- Anyone who enjoys poking fun at science is invited to hear Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes and editor of science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, give a tongue-in-cheek presentation on this year's Ig Nobel Prizes at Wright State University's campus on Friday, October 10. (10/7/2008)

Brown to serve as interim AVP for communications and marketing -- Nadine Brown has been selected as Wright State's interim assistant vice president for marketing and communications following the departure of Iris Harvey at the end of October.(10/02/2008)

Wright State first university in nation to create dog park especially for service dogs -- Already known nationally for its programs and services for students with disabilities, Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, has now taken its commitment to accessibility one step further by becoming the first university in the nation to create a dog park dedicated for the service dogs on campus.(10/02/2008)