Posts by: Mary Platt

ORANGE, Calif., March 13, 2012  — Chapman University’s Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences will present a public sociology conference – “Faceless Latino/a Immigrants: Pathways to Resistance” — at Chapman University this Friday and Saturday, March 16 and March 17 in Beckman Hall 404.

The conference will run from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on […]

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ORANGE, Calif., March 13, 2012 – In a partnership with the My Clean Water Act organization, Chapman University is participating in its year-long, nationwide celebration of water conservation and sustainability.  Chapman’s World Water Day event is March 22 and will feature a variety of events—both educational and entertaining—to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the water sustaining […]

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ORANGE, Calif., February 23, 2012 – Elie Wiesel – winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, bestselling author, Holocaust survivor, and global leader in human rights advocacy – will return to Chapman University on April 15-22.  His annual one-week visit marks the second year of his five-year appointment as a Distinguished Presidential Fellow at the university.  […]

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ORANGE, Calif., February 21, 2012 – Chapman University will host a half-day event on March 21, 2012, featuring speakers who will provide insight and education for both businesses and the general public on the lessons learned one year later from the March 2011 Japanese Tohoku-Sendai earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Implications for California’s businesses are the […]

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ORANGE, Calif., February 14, 2012 – A new cultural resource has come to Orange County, as Chapman University announces the public opening of the new Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art on its campus in Orange.   Named in honor of major donors Phyllis and Ross Escalette of Newport Beach, Calif., the collection consists […]

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ORANGE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2012 – Chapman University will host Nobel laureate David Gross, Ph.D. for a public talk on Tuesday, Feb 28, at 7 p.m. in the Sandhu Conference Center.  The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.  For more information, visit www.chapman.edu/schmid.

 “We are thrilled that Dr. Gross can […]

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ORANGE, Calif., February 9, 2012 –
Chapman University faculty member Brian Alters, Ph.D., a resident of Orange, has been elected by his peers as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  This prestigious honor is awarded by the world’s largest general scientific society, which serves some […]

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ORANGE, Calif., February 9, 2012 – Chapman University’s Family Violence Clinic was granted its first trafficking visa (“T visa”) for a victim of human trafficking. A T visa is a form of immigration relief granted to victims of a severe form of human trafficking.  The T visa allows trafficking victims to legally remain in the United […]

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ORANGE, Calif. (February 8, 2012) — Acclaimed author and travel writer Pico Iyer returns to Chapman University to give a free lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 22 in the Henley Reading Room, on the second floor of the university’s Leatherby Libraries.   He will be speaking about and reading from his newest book, The Man Within My […]

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ORANGE, Calif. (January 3, 2012) – Chapman University’s School of Law will host a legal symposium called The 40th Anniversary of Watergate: A Commemoration of the Rule of Law. Former White House Counsel John Dean will keynote the symposium. Dean was counsel to President Nixon during the Watergate investigation and became controversial when he ultimately […]

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