Research and Scholarship

Wilkes University Kirby Scholars Taylor Baker ’17 of Dallas, Pa., and Michelle Lehman of Mountain Top, Pa., can now officially add “international conference presenter” to their resumes. These two Wilkes University students took their first trip abroad to Dublin, Ireland in June. The women participated in the international University–Industry Interaction Conference and …

Rodney Ridley Sr., Wilkes University executive director and professor of the Allan P. Kirby Center, presented and moderated three panels at the international University-Industry Interaction Conference in Dublin, Ireland. He moderated the panel “Learning “Learning From Entrepreneurial Failure: The RESTART Project” and was part of the panels on “Best Practices in Small …

Wilkes University holds its first Scholarship Symposium from March 28-30 celebrating the outstanding faculty research and scholarship taking place in all of its academic disciplines. The event highlights Wilkes’ unique position as a small research university within the intimate environment of a liberal arts college. Research presentations will begin at …

The science used to identify the source of the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak and the anthrax letter criminal investigation will be explored in the 2017 Kimball Lecture at Wilkes University. “Tracking Dangerous Pathogens Using Whole Genome Sequencing – Examples from Anthrax and Cholera” will be presented by Paul Keim of …

Five Wilkes University faculty and staff members were presented with new cross-university awards called the President’s Awards for Excellence during Wilkes University’s fall convocation on Aug. 24. President Patrick Leahy conferred the awards, which promote and celebrate the University’s five core values: scholarship, innovation, community, mentoring and diversity. The convocation …

A Wilkes University biologist has received one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious grants – and is the first faculty member at a small liberal arts university to receive the honor. Michael A. Steele, professor of biology and The Hilda Fenner Chair of Research Biology, has received an OPUS …

Wilkes University Communication Studies professors Mia Briceno and Evene Estwick, recently contributed a chapter to the book, Black Women’s Portrayals on Reality Television: The New Sapphire. The Wilkes’ professors’ chapter is titled “Are Black Women Loud? Neoliberal and Postfeminist Protagonists in OWN’s Television Sphere.” It examines the negative portrayal of Black women …

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal The Public Library of Science says that streams in the Marcellus shale region of Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia are at an intermediate risk due to unconventional oil and gas (UOG) development. The study, “Stream Vulnerability to Widespread and Emergent Stressors: A Focus …

Stories in the Citizens’ Voice and Times Leader highlighted ground breaking research being done by Wilkes University faculty. The University recently applied for patents for the research — the first such applications in Wilkes history. Times Leader reporter Jerry Lynott wrote about research being conducted by Ali Razavi, professor of …