Research and Scholarship

Michael Steele, professor of biology at Wilkes University, recently was featured in NOVA Wonders in an article entitled, “Six Stupendous Reasons to Appreciate the Heck Out of Squirrels”.  The article ran on Jan. 21, squirrel appreciation day. The article discusses the tactics squirrels use to protect their supplies, communication patterns …

Three Wilkes University students were awarded the Dr. Joseph Donald Stephens, DDS Global Scholars Award. The award provides students with scholarships to pursue their education in another country. The award was established by Panos Kalaritis, a member of the Class of 1977, and his wife, Deborah Stephens Kalaritis, a member …

Wilkes fourth-year pharmacy student Michael Hummel knew he needed more practice doing blood pressure screenings. After helping with a screening event attended by more than 150 people at a church in Kijinjubwa, Uganda, he felt like a pro. “People were talking, trucks were going by outside, as I tried to …

It didn’t look like the usual class project. Eight students sat at intervals along HO-scale train tracks, computers in front of them, circuits plugged into the tracks next to them. They were members of John Gilmer’s Microcomputer Operation and Design class. Each student was assigned two sections of the track …

The Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy was awarded the 2018 Public Relations and Awareness Award from the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. The 2018 Public Relations and Awareness Award recognizes the school that worked at scheduling and holding various public awareness and community activities promoting the role of the pharmacist, particularly …

The Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy received the 2018 Membership Award from the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. This award recognizes the one school in the state that excelled at membership recruitment, retention and involvement. Wilkes pharmacy school students impressed the Pennsylvania Pharmacist Association with their creative and innovative thinking at …

If you ask senior biology major Keaton Allison how he would describe his experience as a Guthrie Scholar, he quotes Greek physician Hippocrates: “Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is a love of humanity.” The Guthrie program allows Wilkes students to gain first-hand knowledge of the life of …

A lecture marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I was presented by Wilkes assistant professor of global cultures, Jonathan Kuiken. The lecture, “Ending the War to End All Wars: Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the End of World War I,” examined the significance of a …

Thomas Baldino, professor of political science at Wilkes University, recently was featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for his insights on the midterm elections. Baldino explained the polarization at the polls may not be impacted by recent events including the tragedy at the Squirrel Hill synagogue which killed 11 individuals. “We’ve never had …

The stakes are high in the upcoming midterm elections, as Democrats and Republicans vie for control of Congress. A complex set of factors – party affiliation, presidential popularity and issues among them – will determine the outcome. In the following question-and-answer session, Wilkes political science professors Thomas Baldino and Kyle …