The Wilkes University Civic Band will present the concert “My Best Friends In Music” on April 28 at 3 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. The concert is conducted by Philip G. Simon, associate professor of music. Admission is free and the concert is open …
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“Cone Snail Venom Peptides: From Biodiversity to Drug Development” will be the focus of the annual Kimball Lecture on April 23 at Wilkes University. It will be presented Baldomero M. Olivera, distinguished professor of biological sciences at The University of Utah. Olivera will speak at 8 p.m. in Stark Learning …
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The Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy hosted the second annual opioid epidemic awareness walk on Thursday, April 4 to benefit the Wilkes-Barre Fire Department’s Naloxone program. Participants walked from the Wilkes campus to Kirby Park and back to raise awareness for the opioid epidemic. Educational materials and t-shirts were …
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Bonnie Culver, director of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes, says that she has had Norwegian elk hounds “for all of my adult life.” You can see her and her latest elk hound, Brody, out and about on campus. Inside the creative writing office in Cox …
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American Premier of Wind Ensemble Version of Eugene Magalif’s Concerto for Flute Will Be Featured The Wilkes University Flute Ensemble presents the concert “Creature Feature.” The performance is April 27 at 8 p.m. on the main stage of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts at Wilkes University. …
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Wilkes University junior Sean Connelly never imagined he would study abroad. That changed after a meeting with members of the honors program cohort. “I had no plans of studying abroad ever,” Connelly explains. “Then Dr. (Jeffrey) Stratford (associate professor of biology) met with the honors students and told us about …
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In its new series, “First Year Q&A” News@Wilkes will highlight the journeys of first-year students. Meet Veronica Romanelli Major: English with a concentration in literature and a minor in secondary education. Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, Pa. On-Campus Activities: Staff writer for Inkwell Quarterly, the English department’s newsletter Favorite class: “I would say …
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The Family Business Alliance of Wilkes University presents a half-day program, “Improve Family Business Communication, on April 16 at Wilkes University. The program, presented by family business experts in fields such as accounting, law, communications, psychology, succession planning and more, will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in …
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The Third Annual Wilkes University Scholarship Symposium celebration of the outstanding faculty research and scholarship began April 1 in University Center on Main. Yong Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, kicked-off the event with his lecture, “The Future of Robotics: Fantasy, Reality and Ethics.” Zhu’s discussion explored the increasing role robots …
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Wilkes University is painting the campus red during the month of April to raise awareness about intimate partner violence. The three-part Red Flag Campaign is underway with high traffic areas of the Wilkes campus donning red flags to heighten student curiosity. Flags are displayed on the Fenner Quadrangle with informational …