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ORANGE, Calif. – Economist Mark Skousen, Ph.D., will join Chapman University’s faculty as a Presidential Fellow starting in January, teaching a course called “Modern Political Economy,” using his book The Making of Modern Economics (ME Sharpe, 2009, 2nd ed.)



Known as the “maverick” of economics for his […]

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Orange County philanthropists Catherine and James Emmi of Corona del Mar have made a transformational gift to Chapman University to support the university’s significant expansion in the sciences. The exact amount of the gift is confidential, but it is in excess of $10 million.

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One of Russia’s most fascinating and complex composers—Dmitri Shostakovich—goes under the magnifying glass when Pacific Symphony partners with Chapman University’s Global Arts Program to present “Decoding Shostakovich,” a festival dedicated to the iconic composer, whose life unfolded under the Soviet system.

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Chapman University’s 50th Annual Wassail Concert – one of Orange County’s oldest continuous holiday traditions – will be filmed and aired by KCET-TV to its wide regional television audience for the second year in a row.

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Chapman University’s part-time MBA program is ranked in the top 50 in the nation according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s 2013 ranking of part-time MBA programs. Appearing as number 48 overall, this is the first time Chapman’s part-time MBA program is ranked in the top 50, jumping up in the ranking from 58 in 2011.

“Being ranked […]

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Four Survivors of Kristallnacht – the 1938 “Night of Broken Glass” That Heralded the Holocaust in Germany and Austria – To Gather at Chapman University and Share Their Memories.

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Start-up Weekend Video

ORANGE, Calif. – Chapman University in Orange, CA, is hosting Startup Weekend Orange County for budding entrepreneurs November 22 through 23, 2013. This is the fifth Startup Weekend Orange County hosted by Chapman with the three-day event selling out each time.

Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event that focuses […]

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Chapman University’s continuing growth in the health science has been given a boost by a $15 million gift from Newport Beach couple Harry and Diane Rinker, announced at this evening’s American Celebration gala on the Chapman campus in Orange. The gift will name Chapman’s new health science campus in Irvine “The Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus.”

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The landmark musical “Spring Awakening” will rock the stage of Chapman University’s Waltmar Theatre Oct. 24-26 and Nov. 7-9 as Chapman’s Department of Theatre presents its second production this fall. The winner of eight Tony Awards and hailed as “the most explosive musical since ‘Rent’” (Star-Ledger), “Spring Awakening” celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood as teenage confusion and desperation collide with passion and ignorance.

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– Dr. Tollaksen congratulates François Englert - 

– Nobel Prize Press Release –


François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist, and Distinguished Visiting Professor in Residence and founding member of the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California, has won the 2013 Nobel […]

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