Wei Du, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Wilkes University, has contributed a chapter to the book “Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics: Materials, Devices and Applications.” The book was published in November 2019 by Elsevier Science and Technology. Du’s chapter is “Group IV photonics using (Si) GeSn technology toward mid-IR applications.” It was …
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Senior entrepreneurship major Cody Geidel was in a pickle when he had to come up with a business idea for one of his classes. Luckily, pickles were just what he needed to turn his college assignment into a full-fledged business. “[Geidel’s Pickles] started as a simple project in one of …
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Nancy McKinley, Ph.D., can make a claim few faculty in the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program can match: She has taught every student in every cohort who has entered the program since its second residency. McKinley co-teaches “The Professional Writer,” the first class taken by all creative writing students …
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Members of the Wilkes University community will take an active role in preserving black history when they participate in a nationwide transcribe-a-thon on Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, which honors both Frederick Douglass Day and Black History Month, will take place in Breiseth Hall, room …
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Wilkes University will celebrate its legacy of educating first-generation college students at the 2020 Founders Gala on Saturday, June 6. Now in its seventh year, the gala will be held at 6 p.m. at the Westmoreland Club, 59 S. Franklin St. in Wilkes-Barre. Proceeds from the event support the First …
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For the tenth consecutive year, Wilkes University has been designated a Military Friendly® School by Viqtory Media, parent company of G.I. Jobs magazine. The 2020-2021 list recognizes the colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to support America’s military service members, veterans and spouses as students and …
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Zbigniew J. Witczak, Ph.D., professor in the pharmaceutical sciences department in Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, has been selected to join the editorial board of the international journal Antibiotics. The open-access, peer-reviewed journal examins aspects of antibiotics and is published monthly by MDPI. Based in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI’s mission is to …
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Wilkes University Theatre presents the award-winning musical, “The Spitfire Grill.” Performances will take place on Feb 20, 21, and 22 at 8 p.m., and on Feb. 22 and 23 at 2 p.m. All performances are at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center, 239 S River St, Wilkes-Barre. General admission is $15, …
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What’s it like working in a psychology research lab? News@Wilkes shadowed associate professors of psychology Ellen Newell and Jennifer Thomas and their team of students for the “In the Lab” feature. On the third floor of Breiseth Hall, student researchers gather in the psychology research center, each assigned a task. …
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When she was shopping for colleges, Jess Morandi found herself at a Wilkes University admissions table by chance while attending a college fair with a friend. Morandi, who was interested in studying graphic design, was sold on the University when she learned about the digital design and media arts major. …