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The university jumps ten spots while leading in student access and graduate programming Wilkes University is once again included on the U.S. News and World Report annual ranking of American colleges and universities. Wilkes ranked 68 on the list of best regional universities in the north, up ten spots from …

Wilkes University will observe Patriots Day on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Commemorating the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the event will pay tribute to all those impacted with a ceremony led by the University’s ROTC Detachment 752.  The event will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Henry Student Center …

Bulldozers and sod. Researchers, writers and school children. Events in the Sordoni Art Gallery. Summer classes and international travel. Summer was no time to snooze at Wilkes. The diversity of the activities, people and events that highlighted summer at the University might surprise those who think that a college campus …

Michael Steele, professor and chair of the biology department at Wilkes University, recently was featured on New Hampshire public radio show in a segment called “Ask Sam.” The anchor, Sam Evans-Brown, tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors. A listener asked Brown, “Do squirrels swim or is …

Wilkes University will observe Constitution Day on Tuesday, Sept. 18 with a timely lecture exploring Supreme Court nominations and their impact on the constitution.  Michael R. Dimino, a professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School will speak about  “Supreme Court Appointments and the Battle for the Constitution”. The lecture will …

Wilkes University welcomed 18 new faculty members at the start of the 2018-2019 academic year. New faculty included new tenure-track faculty, as well as visiting professors and faculty of practice. The new faculty and their areas of specialization are: Nelson Archila Anaya is returning to Wilkes for a second year …

Wilkes is the only private university in the state to be represented on the board Wilkes University President Patrick F. Leahy has been appointed to serve on Pennsylvania’s Tuition Account Program Advisory Board. Leahy is the only president of more than 90 private institutions in the state to be selected …

The exhibition features a photographic history of American slavery The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents A Stirring Song Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 by Philadelphia artist, William Earle Williams. The exhibition takes place from Aug. 21 to Oct. 7.  An artist lecture and reception will …

The Family Business Alliance of Wilkes University and Penn State Worthington Scranton presents Sexual Harassment Awareness: Myths and Reality on Sept. 13. The workshop will cover the ways a firm can create a safe company culture, the ramifications of the #MeToo environment and the impact of social media. The event is free, …

The appearance, rescheduled from April, will be held at 2 p.m. in the university’s McHale Athletic Center. Basketball Hall of Fame center, New York Times-bestselling author, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will deliver the Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities on Sunday, Sept. 30. The rescheduled appearance …