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Wilkes University student, Danielle McGlynn of Langhorne, Pa., received a scholarship for a summer study abroad experience in Spain. McGlynn was awarded the Cultural Study Abroad Award, sponsored by Eric Pape, an alumnus of Wilkes University. She will study in Madrid, Barcelona and surrounding regions this July. Along with the …

“Of Fire, Floods and Penguins: Earth Observations and Their Use in Public Policy” will be the focus of the annual Kimball Lecture on April 19 at Wilkes University. It will be presented by Ann Bartuska, a 1975 Wilkes graduate and vice president for the Land, Water and Nature Program at …

Wilkes University pharmacy student, Dylan Fox, was named a top ten finalist for the 2018 National Patient Counseling Competition. He was recognized at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting held March 16 to 19 in Nashville, Tenn. Fox, who is only a second-year pharmacy student in the four-year program, was …

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has rescheduled his appearance at Wilkes University’s Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities. The lecture, originally scheduled for April 29, will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in the University’s McHale Athletic Center, 169 S. Main St. Registration will open June 1. …

Wilkes University will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death with an event on April 5. The event, sponsored in collaboration with the Campus Interfaith office and the office of Diversity Affairs, will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Henry Student Center Ballroom, 84 …

The match rate in the Nesbitt School of Pharmacysurpasses the national average   Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy continues to match pharmacy students seeking residency training at a rate above the national average. Eighty-one percent of students and alumni from Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy were successfully matched …

The Second Annual Wilkes University Scholarship Symposium celebrates the outstanding faculty research and scholarship taking place throughout Wilkes University’s spectrum of disciplines. The event takes place from 4 to 7:30 p.m. from Monday, April 2 through Thursday, April 5, and includes numerous research, performance and poster presentations.  The event is free and open to the public.  The symposium …

The chairman of Benco Dental will be awarded the President’s Medal at the University’s annual event Wilkes University will celebrate its legacy of educating first-generation college students at the 2018 Founders Gala on Saturday, June 2. The gala, now in its fifth year, will be held at 6 p.m. at the …

Two Wilkes University juniors are translating their classroom experience into a production credit with audio book giant Audible. Nicholas Filipek of West Wyoming, Pa., and Luke Modrovsky of Mountain Top, Pa., will be working with Etruscan Press author Aaron Poochigian as he produces his debut novel-in-verse, Mr. Either/Or. Poochigian will be …

Two Wilkes University nursing students were recently awarded the Medical Emergency Services Award by the American Red Cross of Northeast Pennsylvania for aiding a bicyclist hit by a car last year.  Nursing majors, Peter Sidari and Amber Ankudovich, were honored at the 2018 Celebration of Heroes event on March 15. …