Posts by: Sheri Ledbetter

Chapman University continues its growth in the sciences with a groundbreaking this month for a new Center for Science and Technology. Scheduled to open in the fall of 2018, the Center for Science and Technology is the largest and most expensive building in the university’s history. The $130 million, three-story building will cover […]

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Technology startup, grandPad, who had its origins at Chapman University’s incubator Launch Labs has hit the big time with an equity investment from Acer, one of the world’s top five PC companies. grandPad – a tablet for seniors – was founded by Chapman University student Isaac Lien in 2014 and his father Scott Lien. […]

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Chapman University’s full-time MBA program—in the Argyros School of Business and Economics— is number 81 in the nation according to
U.S. News & World Report
’s 2017 ranking of full-time MBA programs. This is the third time Chapman’s full-time MBA program is ranked in the top 100 – the first time […]

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Chapman University psychology student Sohini Mukherjee has been selected to present her work at the prestigious annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Denver this week. Miss Mukherjee’s research, which is part of her senior project, is titled,
Maternal, Environmental, and Social Context Predicts Diarrheal Infection Incidence in Young Children in […]

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A Chapman University psychologist has just published the results of a national study examining how men feel about their bodies and their attractiveness. Long thought to be an issue primarily faced by women, body dissatisfaction was identified as a common issue among men in the largest examination of body image to date.

“We analyzed reports […]

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Chapman University’s School of Pharmacy (CUSP) has received approval for a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). This status allows the school to begin accepting students for this program for fall 2016.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to have achieved approval for the […]

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Chapman University’s MBA program – in the Argyros School of Business and Economics – is ranked in CEO Magazine’s Global MBA Rankings for 2016. Appearing in the first of two tiers, this is the first time the university’s MBA program has been ranked by this organization.

“One of the reasons we are particularly proud of […]

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A Chapman University psychologist and his interdisciplinary research team have just published a study examining the sexual satisfaction – or dissatisfaction – of heterosexual couples in long-term relationships, and what contributes to keeping sexual passion alive. In one of the largest studies to date that scientifically examines what contributes to a satisfying long-term sex life, […]

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Researchers at Chapman University, UCLA, and Stanford have just published work on how news media coverage shapes perceptions of obesity. They examined how perspectives on obesity portrayed in news articles affect people’s support for different obesity-related public policies and their prejudice towards fat men and women.

“Our finding that news […]

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Researchers at Chapman University have published work on how Asian American women and white women feel about their faces, their weights, and their overall appearances. The researchers surveyed 303 Asian American women and 367 white women at universities in Hawaii and California.

“We found that Asian American women reported overall lower evaluations of their attractiveness […]

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