Alumni '23
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce our final reference desk display for 2024, Christmas Across Cultures. This display was inspired by the wide range of Christmas traditions that take place around the world. To get in the holiday spirit, our Library staff decorated the Reference Desk with pinecones, a miniature Christmas tree, and poinsettia
The Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives at the Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce that Chapman University has partnered with the John Wayne Airport Arts Program to exhibit a selection of the Huell Howser Archives running through May 1st, 2024. Huell Howser was an American television personality, best known for his
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce the first-ever recipients of the Supporting Open Access Research and Scholarship (SOARS) Faculty Research Award. This award was created to help financially support Chapman University faculty publishing their research, scholarship, or creative activities in Open Access (OA) journals. The SOARS award is a collaboration between the Leatherby Libraries, Office
The Center for American War Letters Archives announces the inclusion of archival correspondence in our Digital Commons platform in honor of D-Day, June 6th, commemorating the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II in 1944. This collection contains three correspondences written by service members about the invasion. These service members either directly served on
The Leatherby Libraries is thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of the first-ever Eric M. Scandrett Graduate Research Prize. For the inaugural year of this award, we received applications across various fields, including film and media studies, leadership development, communication sciences and disorders, and pharmaceutical sciences. Our winners were honored at the Leatherby Libraries’ student
The Leatherby Libraries is thrilled to announce the 16th Annual Community of Readers (CoR) beginning on June 3, 2024, and ending on August 22, 2024. CoR is a summer reading program encouraging Chapman students, staff, faculty, and alums to explore the Leatherby Libraries catalog. The Leatherby Libraries created this program to promote reading across all genres
The Leatherby Libraries is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize. For the 16th year of this award, we received numerous applications in various disciplines, including the biological sciences, health sciences, integrated educational studies, music, and psychology. We honored our students at the Student Research Awards Ceremony on
The Leatherby Libraries is excited to announce the launch of the inaugural Eric M. Scandrett Graduate Research Prize, which recognizes excellent research and effective use of library resources by Chapman University graduate students! All graduates who have used library resources to assist with completing research projects and papers in the past year are encouraged to
Christmas Across Cultures 
Showcasing Huell Howser’s Treasures at the John Wayne Airport 
Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Recipients of the Inaugural SOARS Faculty Research Award 
In Honor of D-Day: American War Letters 
Congratulations to the Inaugural Eric M. Scandrett Graduate Research Prize 2024 Winners 
Join the Leatherby Libraries Community of Readers Program 
Leatherby Libraries Announces Inaugural Graduate Library Research Award