November 6, 2019 - Dr. Bernard Prusak, professor of philosophy and director of the McGowan Center for Ethics and Responsibility at King’s College, was recently published in “Commonweal” magazine. His article, “Start with Safe: The Ethics of Harm Reduction,” seeks to address the moral and ethical dilemma of providing safe-injection sites to addicted persons.
July 17, 2019 - Dr. Tabitha Sprau Coulter, assistant professor of civil engineering at King’s College, has been collaborating with Dave Hohol, campus sustainability coordinator, and engineering students on research to identify and implement sustainability initiatives across campus. The goal of the research is to help the College identify strategically feasible sustainability initiatives and to institutionalize sustainability efforts.
April 25, 2019 - Three King’s College students and a faculty member presented research findings at the NEURON Conference held recently at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. The event was the Northeast Under/graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience’s annual research conference
April 17, 2019 - Eleven students from a variety of science majors made poster presentations at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science meeting.
April 8, 2019 - Three King’s College students, along with a member of the class of 2018 and a faculty member presented research findings at the 48th Annual Meeting of Neuroscience held recently in San Diego, Cal.
March 27, 2019 - Three senior King’s College psychology students presented their research “BAS Reward Responsiveness Moderates the Relation Between Peer Victimization and Aggression in Children,” at a recent Society for Research in Child Development (SCRD) Conference in Baltimore, Md.
March 14, 2019 - Three King’s College Athletic Training (AT) faculty members, the dean of the College’s Health Science division, and a senior AT student, have been selected to present at the 70th Annual National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Clinical Symposia and AT Expo this summer.
March 4, 2019 - Dr. Christopher Aults, Assistant Professor of Psychology at King’s College, was recently awarded the 2018 Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) Distinguished Publication Award for a paper he coauthored. The paper, “Psychological Androgyny and Children’s Mental Health: A New Look with New Measures,” was discussed at this year’s AWP Symposium in Newport, Rhode Island.
January 30, 2019 – Jill Patton of Monroe Township, a student at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, recently received a second place award and two honorable mentions in the Delta Epsilon Sigma (DES) National Writing Competition. Patton received second place for Poetry and honorable mentions in Critical Essay and Creative Non-Fiction. Patton’s poem will be published in an upcoming edition of the “DES Journal” and she was awarded $250 for her second place finish.
January 9, 2019 - “Medicating Our Lives Away: The Opioid Epidemic, Public Health, and Medical Practice,” will be the subject of the annual Bessette Lecture on Medical Ethics to be held at 7 p.m. Monday, February 4, in the Burke Auditorium of the William J. McGowan School of Business at King’s College.