Research and Scholarship

When senior Amelia Lawrence first volunteered to join assistant professor Micayla Lacey’s lab, she didn’t realize research was an integral part of study in the Wilkes Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences.  “I didn’t even think it was an opportunity that undergraduate students had, so I had no expectations,” Lawrence …

Spring break is a tradition for students to flee toward balmier, sunnier locales. The Wilkes GeoExplorers Club is no exception in seeking out the comfort of warmer climates. The GeoExplorers is an outdoor club focused on providing students hands-on learning experiences through the exploration of geologically interesting locations, such as …

It had been a damp and blustery day as the group of Honors Program students made their way toward Ross Castle, the 15th-century towerhouse located in Killarney National Park in southwest Ireland. As the exciting, but dreary, day pressed on, a large herd of Irish red deer suddenly dashed across …

Alan K. Stout, executive director of Visit Luzerne County, will be the keynote speaker at Wilkes University’s 25th annual Tom Bigler Journalism & Media Conference. The conference will be held on Friday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Tom Bigler Journalism & Media Conference invites local high …

Through Script Your Future, a national consumer education campaign, student pharmacists spend time helping community members understand the importance of medication adherence.  Paul Blankemeyer is a P3 pharmacy student who grew up in Surf City, New Jersey, but now calls Plains, Pennsylvania, home. He and the rest of the Nesbitt …

Wilkes University will collaborate with King’s College to host the annual 2026 Women’s and Gender Studies Conference on Mar. 30 and 31, on the Wilkes University campus in the Henry Student Center. The theme of this year’s conference is “Gender and Citizenship: Past, Present, and Future.” Lucia McMahon, professor in …

Collaboration between academic disciplines often is a matter of finding shared interests. In Andy Miller and Jeff Stratford’s case, they found common ground in a cup of coffee.  Miller, a political science professor, and Stratford, a biology professor and chair of biology and earth systems science, have been collaborating since …

Script Your Future is a national campaign designed to educate consumers about the need to take medication as prescribed. Steph Nowak, a P3 pharmacy student from Exeter, Pennsylvania, is one member of the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy team hosting community engagement events to help people “Stick to the Script.” Why …

Paleoecologist and biological anthropologist, Daniel R. Green, will present this year’s Grace Kimball Memorial Lecture, “Chemical Paleontology: Paleoclimate and Evolution from the East African Rift System,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, in Stark Learning Center 105. The lecture is free and open to the public. Global cooling over …

Script Your Future is a national consumer education campaign designed to raise awareness about the importance of medication adherence.  Nori Zaccheo, a P3 pharmacy student from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is one member of the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy team who is out in the community encouraging people to “Stick to the …