News Releases

Wilkes University’s U.N. Lecture series will host Ambassador Susan M. Elliott, president and CEO of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.  She will discuss the topic “What Do Ambassadors Do?” The lecture will take place March 19 at 4 p.m. in the Miller Room on the second floor of the Henry …

Acclaimed writer and translator Poupeh Missaghi will visit Wilkes University as part of the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series. Missaghi will read an excerpt of her debut novel, “trans(re)lating house one,” published by Coffee House Press in February 2020. The event, hosted by the Wilkes English Department, will take …

Wei Du, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Wilkes University, has contributed a chapter to the book “Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics: Materials, Devices and Applications.” The book was published in November 2019 by Elsevier Science and Technology. Du’s chapter is “Group IV photonics using (Si) GeSn technology toward mid-IR applications.” It was …

Members of the  Wilkes University community will take an active role in preserving black history when they participate in a nationwide transcribe-a-thon on Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, which honors both Frederick Douglass Day and Black History Month, will take place in Breiseth Hall, room …

Wilkes University will celebrate its legacy of educating first-generation college students at the 2020 Founders Gala on Saturday, June 6. Now in its seventh year, the gala will be held at 6 p.m. at the Westmoreland Club, 59 S. Franklin St. in Wilkes-Barre. Proceeds from the event support the First …

For the tenth consecutive year, Wilkes University has been designated a Military Friendly® School by Viqtory Media, parent company of G.I. Jobs magazine. The 2020-2021 list recognizes the colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to support America’s military service members, veterans and spouses as students and …

Zbigniew J. Witczak, Ph.D., professor in the pharmaceutical sciences department in Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, has been selected to join the editorial board of the international journal Antibiotics. The open-access, peer-reviewed journal examins aspects of antibiotics and is published monthly by MDPI. Based in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI’s mission is to …

Wilkes University’s Sordoni Art Gallery is presenting “Year of the Vote: Gender, Politics, & Power,” a year-long event celebrating and recognizing the 100-year anniversary of women receiving the right to vote. Multiple events will take place each month, all centered around a specific theme.  “We’re not only looking to the …

Accounting students at Wilkes University’s Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership will offer free tax preparation to the public through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. The service will be offered February 1, 8, 15, and 22 by appointment only from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in …

Wilkes University was recently awarded a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the preservation and digitization of 1972 Agnes Flood related material. The project seeks to highlight the efforts of the Wilkes community during and after the 1972 Agnes Flood.  This project, which will be overseen by Suzanna …