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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 University welcomed seven new faculty members at the start of the 2021-2022 academic year. The new faculty and their areas of specialization are: Kristiana Feeser has joined the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences as a visiting assistant professor in the department of psychology. Prior to joining Wilkes, …

Wilkes University faculty and staff members were honored with the 2021 President’s Awards for Excellence. The awards, presented by Wilkes President Greg Cant on Aug. 25, recognize individuals who reflect excellence in their work based on the University’s core values. This is the sixth year for the awards program. For …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Program is designed for Lackawanna College students interested in pursuing their MFA at Wilkes Wilkes University and Lackawanna College have signed an agreement that will give Lackawanna students early entry into the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program at Wilkes. Students in the Lackawanna College Bachelor’s in Professional Studies English …

Wilkes University is once again ranked among top national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges ranking of American colleges and universities. In the 2022 edition, Wilkes is ranked 213 among 391 national universities. This is the eighteenth consecutive year that Wilkes has been ranked and its third …

The exclusive program provides careers for Nesbitt School of Pharmacy graduates and pays up to $20,000 in tuition costs with continuous two-year employment. Wilkes University and Geisinger are partnering to give future pharmacists a jump on their careers. The Geisinger Pharmacy Scholars Program reduces the cost of education while recruiting …

The 30th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship awarded first place and $10,000 to Rose Whitmore of San Leandro, Calif., for her novel titled “Feats of Strength in the Time of Hoxha.” Whitmore was selected from more than 700 entries in the competition co-sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program …