Events

The team from Pottsville Area High School beat out nine other schools during the Engineering Olympics at Wilkes University on April 12.  The event, sponsored by the Wilkes University Chapter of IEEE, awarded the winning team $10,000 in scholarships to attend Wilkes. The event was held in the Arnaud C. …

EDITOR’S NOTE: News@Wilkes is re-sharing this story about Bryan Stevenson, who delivered the 2019 Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities. Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice initiative, shared a powerful and important message about the narrative around race in the United States and about the need for criminal …

Holistic treatment of patients was the topic of discussion during the Pennsylvania Pain and Addiction Summit on April 12. The event was held at Mohegan Sun Pocono and featured panel discussions with medical, legal and law enforcement professionals who discussed the current state of the opioid crisis, shared methodology and …

The Wilkes University Chamber Orchestra will present a concert of music on April 29, at 8 p.m. in the Main Stage of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. The concert is conducted by John Vaida, adjunct professor of violin at Wilkes University and the director of the …

Students in Wilkes University’s Sidhu School of Business and Leadership will teach SHINE of Luzerne County students how to “Make Money Make Cents” on April 11. Wilkes students will visit the SHINE afterschool center at Heights Murray Elementary School, 1 S. Sherman St, Wilkes-Barre, to present the program from 4-5 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …