Events

Social responsibility is the theme of the Sordoni Art Gallery exhibition, “Juan Logan: Creating and Collecting.” It features a collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations that address the interconnections of race, place and power, thematically and aesthetically. Through Logan’s artwork and those of other artists, the exhibition illustrates how …

Students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the greater community, recently heard from two renowned experts as part of Wilkes University’s 2021-22 lecture series. Nobel Laureate, William Phillips, held an interactive, demonstration-based lecture titled, “Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe.” It was held on Wednesday, …

Updated Feb. 2022: Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will deliver the Wilkes University Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities on Sunday, April 24, 2022. The lecture, “Hope Through History,” begins at 2:30 p.m. in the McHale Athletic Center at Wilkes University’s Simms Center on Main, 169 …

Wilkes-Barre native William Daniel Phillips will present an interactive and demonstration-based lecture on time and temperature. William Daniel Phillips, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, will deliver the Catherine H. Bone Lecture in Chemistry at Wilkes University at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Stark Learning Center, …

Wilkes University Theatre presents George Bernard Shaw’s “Androcles and the Lion” at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7, 8 and 9, and 2 p.m. on Oct. 9 and 10, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Featuring a student cast under the …

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 was a key day in Wilkes history: Greg Cant, was officially inaugurated as the University’s seventh president. A week of unique events preceded the morning ceremony at the F.M. Kirby Center for Performing Arts and led into the traditions and festivities of Homecoming Weekend. Cant, a …

Photos and videos are not permitted at this event. Updated Feb. 2022: Margaret Atwood, best-selling author of more than 50 novels including “The Handmaid’s Tale,” will be the featured author of the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series at Wilkes University. “A Conversation with Margaret Atwood,” hosted by the …

More than 200 Wilkes students, faculty and staff gathered for a candlelight vigil on Sunday, Sept. 26 in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month. The event was organized by Caylee-Mae Williams. Williams, from Yuba City, Calif., is a senior psychology major and member of the Wilkes softball team. Throughout September, …

The inauguration of Greg Cant will occur on Oct. 1 at the F.M. Kirby Center. Wilkes University will celebrate the inauguration of its seventh president, Greg Cant, with a week of events. Inauguration events are planned from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1 with the theme, “Carrying Forward Our Promise.” The …

Wilkes-Barre mayor George Brown presents the proclamation to Erica Acosta naming her the Marshal of the fourth annual Multicultural Parade and Festival on Sat., Sept. 25, 2021 at noon on Public Square.