Leatherby Center to celebrate success of entrepreneur teams and Voter app
Election Day marks a historic moment for the Leatherby Center as it celebrates the nationwide success and impact of Voter, a mobile app developed by Chapman Launch Lab students. Voter asks a few questions about your political opinions, outlines political issues as you swipe through, and then presents you with the political candidates who most
Chapman community employs data analytics to deliver real world impact
Four Chapman faculty members have set out to uncover new opportunities for societal impact by examining and analyzing large amounts of data. Dr. Hesham M. El-Askary hopes to stabilize the relationship between extreme weather and resulting outages, ultimately resulting in higher customer satisfaction. Dr. Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook seeks to identify Orange County at-risk mothers and their
Argyros School student and social media professor to speak at TEDx Mission Viejo
A philanthropic student and social media professor are slated to present at the TEDx Mission Viejo conference on October 14. The conference will take place at the Civic Center and focus on the theme of perception. TEDx Mission Viejo details the theme’s goal as “cracking open the nut on perception and challenging the way people think, live, love,
Dr. Vernon Smith on Faith and Science
Dr. Vernon Smith, of Chapman University’s Economic Science Institute, delivered a talk entitled, Faith and the Compatibility of Science and Religion, at Acton University on June 16. Watch the entire talk online.
2016 High School Workshop in Experimental Economics
June 27 – July 01, 2016 The Economic Science Institute hosted a one week-long International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) and Thomas W. Smith Foundation sponsored workshop on experimental economics for high school students. Taught by Andrew Smyth, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow at the Economic Science Institute and soon to be Assistant Professor of Economics at Marquette University.
Distinguished Speaker Series with Anand K. Nallathambi
Operating in this new big data-driven world, corporations and individuals find themselves faced with the challenge of navigating through massive amounts of information, making sense of it, and applying it to improve their business. While data comes more easily, it is much more complex. Mr. Anand K. Nallathambi shared his insights into how students can create value
Feature Fridays
Kina De Santis is not just any student at Chapman University. She is a co-founder of MotorMood and a leading entrepreneur within the business school. In a quick Q&A, we answer some of your questions about starting as an entrepreneur along with tips from Kina De Santis. As an entrepreneur
Chapman MBA Ranked #81, Top Business Schools
US News and World Report published their list of the 2017 Best Business Schools, and Chapman’s Full Time MBA program jumped two spots, up to #81 from #83 in the previous year. The ranking methodology includes a variety of factors like student selectivity, employment outcomes, salaries, recruiter assessment and peer assessment. We congratulate all of our faculty,
Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship hosts Tim Draper from Draper University
The Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics at the Argyros School of Business and Economics is hosting an even open to the entire Chapman community. Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson and legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist, is coming to Chapman University on Thursday, February 25th 2016. He will be guest speaking from 12pm -1:30pm
Vernon Smith delivers keynote address at Trinity Economic Forum
February 7, 2016, Dr. Vernon Smith , at Chapman University’s Economic Science Institute , delivers keynote address at the fifth annual Trinity Economic Forum (TEF) in Ireland. TEF is Ireland’s first and largest student run economic forum and was launched by the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, to promote student participation in shaping the
Walk Down Wall Street Leads to Career Paths
Many Argyros School students never imagined that participating in the Argyros School’s “Walk Down Wall Street” course would help them find their career paths, but that’s exactly what has happened in many cases. Walk Down Wall Street is offered each interterm session to about 30 Argyros School undergraduates, and includes a seven-day trip to New York
Chapman’s MBA Program Receives 2015 Poets & Quants’ MBA Ranking
Chapman’s MBA program is currently ranked in U.S. News World & Report and Bloomberg Businessweek and now we are pleased to add Poets & Quants to the list! Poets & Quants provides analysis of business schools rankings and full-time MBA programs. For the first time, Chapman’s MBA program was ranked among some prominent schools coming