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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Three Wilkes University professors and their students are researching family businesses in northeast Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Family Business Alliance at Wilkes University. The lead researchers are Morgan Clevenger, assistant professor of entrepreneurship, Ellen Newell, assistant professor of psychology, and Jeffrey Alves, professor of entrepreneurship and dean of the…
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Three Wilkes University students are spending part of the summer at the Toolik Lake Field Station, 170 miles north of the Arctic Circle, researching the effects of climate change on plants. The students – seniors Stephen Turner of Plains, Pa., Darrel Dech of Allentown, Pa., and Steve Forney, from Easthampton Township,…
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Wilkes University Scientist Leads Research Team Awarded $1 Million National Science Foundation Grant
Team Will Study Effect Of Climate Change On Plant Life Ned Fetcher, scientist and coordinator of the Institute for Environmental Science and Sustainability at Wilkes University, is the principal investigator on a research team that has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the…
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Abas Sabouni, Wilkes University assistant professor of electrical engineering, has been researching methods to detect early stages of breast cancer since 2006. Reporter Charlotte Jacobson highlighted his work in this story in the Nov. 2, 2014 Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice. http://citizensvoice.com/news/ professor-making-strides-in- early-cancer-detection-1. 1781471