Research and Scholarship

In a new series highlighting Wilkes University experts, we ask our faculty members to weigh in on topical issues that are on our minds and may be on yours too. This week, we ask Kyle Kreider, professor of political science, about the role of federal judges in national injunctions, which…

Natural gas and its role in Eastern European conflict was the theme of the presentation from Andreea Maierean, associate professor of political science, during the Wilkes University 2022 Paul A. O’Hop Final Word Lecture. Approximately 60 members of the Wilkes and greater Wilkes-Barre community attended the lecture, held at 6…

Andreea Maierean, associate professor of political science, has been selected to deliver the Wilkes University 2022 Paul A. O’Hop Final Word Lecture. Her presentation, “Natural Gas as a Driver for Conflict: Russia and Eastern Europe,” will take place at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 11 in the Henry Student Center…

Gina Zanolini Morrison is the second faculty member from Wilkes to participate in a Fulbright experience this year. Gina Zanolini Morrison, professor of global cultures, has received a Fulbright Specialist Award to lead a series of workshops and lectures that introduce innovative teaching-learning strategies and curricula that address issues related…

Meet Ormr the snake robot – the ingenious brainchild of two junior mechanical engineering students who were tasked with solving a dilemma in the spring of 2020: is it possible to follow water flow through fractures in a mine pool? 

Witczak is the only American scientist to serve as a divisional member. Professor Emeritus Zbigniew J. Witczak, Ph.D., has been selected to join the organic and biomolecular chemistry division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Witczak is the only American scientist to serve as a titular member…

Wilkes University welcomed seven new faculty members at the start of the 2021-2022 academic year. The new faculty and their areas of specialization are: Kristiana Feeser has joined the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences as a visiting assistant professor in the department of psychology. Prior to joining Wilkes,…

With his sights set on medical school, Yanni Kleopoulos, a neuroscience and Spanish double major, knew he’d need research experience to stand out from the crowd.

Wilkes students will have the opportunity to travel to the Arctic to conduct research. Wilkes University has been awarded part of a $1.1 million collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of climate change on plants. Ned Fetcher, coordinator of the Institute for Environmental Science and…

Ahmad Alazmi ’21 has a passion for the management of water, and he plans on bringing the knowledge he’s gained as a student in Wilkes University’s Environmental Engineering program back to help his home country of Kuwait.