Can High-Altitude Balloons Help Fight Wildfires?
A Schmid College scientist is taking part in NASA-funded research aiming to mitigate deadly fires caused by climate change.
May Research Highlights OC bikeability, Alzeihmer’s research, and a History Channel appearance
Anuradha Prakash, professor of food science, has been featured amongst Orange County Business Journal’s Women in STEM. In addition to her longstanding academic research program, Prakash leads one of the few food science testing laboratories in the region. In this role, she regularly works with new and established businesses who are developing new products. Recent
April Research Highlights New research from the Loon Project receives national coverage
Lorena Munoz ’24, Noelle Clark ’24 and Emma Kocik ’22 were among a select group of students nationwide recognized with honorable mentions for their applications for Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Oliver Lopez, instructional associate professor of mathematics, has been appointed as a primary member of Kaiser Permanente’s Institutional Review Board for
Common Loons Threatened by Declining Water Clarity A Chapman University professor and other researchers found the first clear evidence demonstrating an effect of climate change on the species
The Common Loon, an icon of the northern wilderness, is under threat from climate change due to reduced water clarity, according to a new study authored by Chapman University professor, Walter Piper. The study, published April 1 in Ecology, followed up an earlier paper that showed substantial reproductive decline in the author’s study area in
Biology Education Research Group Presents Research at 8th-Annual SABER West Conference Topics ranged from active learning and study habits to racial identity in STEM
This past weekend, Assistant Professor of Biology Jeremy Hsu and his lab participated in the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) eighth-annual west-coast conference at the University of California, Irvine. SABER members pursue research that explores theory and methods for improving post-secondary biology education. Hsu’s team, the Chapman Biology Education Research group
A Matter of Degrees: Tropical Forests Are Within Critical Temperature Thresholds
Two Chapman University scientists are on the team of more than a dozen who gathered and confirmed crisis-level data.