Research and Scholarship

When Celia Rossini BSN ’22 earned her first bachelor’s degree in 2017 with a major in biobehavioral health, she already knew she wanted to go back to school to become a  nurse. But she hesitated. “I couldn’t face the thought of another three years of school and accumulating more debt. …

Kenneth M. Klemow, professor emeritus of biology and earth systems science at Wilkes University, has been chosen to receive the Ecological Society of America’s 2026 Distinguished Lifetime Service Award.  The award recognizes Klemow’s long and distinguished volunteer service to ESA, the scientific community and the larger purpose of ecology in …

The key to cleaning up plastics in the Susquehanna and other American rivers could come in the form of something as ephemeral as a bubble.  Members of the Wilkes community learned about that when the Cohen Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted a three-day visit from April 13-15 with representatives …

From internships to research projects, civil engineering and environmental engineering students at Wilkes University are turning real-world experience into job offers before they even receive their diplomas. Fieldwork is a core part of the academic journey for engineering students at Wilkes. “The whole idea is it gives you a chance …

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 …