The School of Computational Sciences is pleased to invite you to a mathematics seminar on “Almost Commuting Matrices”. In this seminar, Mustafa Said (University of California, Irvine) will investigate a variant of an old problem in linear algebra and operator theory that was popularized by Paul Halmos “Must almost commuting matrices be nearly commuting?” He
Dr. Colin Cunliff of the Quantum Gravity Group at University of California, Davis to speak on campus about Massive Gravity. Recent years have seen a surge of interest in theories of massive gravity. These models extend Einstein’s theory of General Relativity by giving mass to the graviton, the particle which carries the gravitational force, and
Chapman University will be participating in World Water Day, the nationwide celebration of water conservation and sustainability. Please join us this year to celebrate World Water Day on Friday, March 22, 2013. “Toilet to Tap Revisited” is the theme, which will cover the science, policy, and increasing need to reuse treated waste water as drinking
Chapman Food Science students win the regional Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) College Bowl competition and advance. This past weekend, Chapman University hosted the 28th Annual IFT Mountain West Food Science area meeting and College Bowl Competition. Six schools attended and five of them competed for a spot in the national competition. After a
The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has selected its first group of “Rising Stars” for a new section of its publication, The Observer. The Rising Stars program is APS’s spotlight for recent PhD’s and junior faculty who are the movers and shakers of psychological science. Schmid College faculty, Dr. David Frederick, was recently chosen to
As part of the Science Forum Series, Dr. Frederick will cover the impact of body image and body type preferences across cultures, age groups, and sexual orientations. People who are dissatisfied with their bodies report disturbances to their psychological well-being and experience negative health outcomes. Dr. Frederick’s work examines the epidemiology of body
Dr. Wright’s research on territorial limpets is featured in The Academic Minute. In case you missed it last week, Dr. Wright, professor of Biology, was featured on The Academic Minute. In the quick audio clip, he describes how limpets can get very territorial. Dr. Wright and his students study the behavior of these small sea