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GCI-Fowler Joint Showcase Explores ‘Smart’ Dog Collars, Diabetes Risk Screening and More Here’s What to Know About this Fall’s Grand Challenges Initiative Projects

February 9, 2026 by Mariel Sheets | Events

In December, Chapman students presented their Grand Challenges Initiative projects, each tackling pressing problems in science and engineering. The Grand Challenges Initiative (GCI) is a two year program that invites students from Schmid and Fowler Colleges to research pressing problems in science and technology. Four to six students work together under a research mentor to

Cultivating Community: The Orange Home Grown Education Farm

October 28, 2025 by Mariel Sheets | Community

Tucked away on a residential side street, in the shadow of a parking garage, something is growing. The Orange Home Grown Education Farm, located two blocks away from Chapman University’s main campus, aims to teach the community about agriculture. The Orange Home Grown Foundation is a local Orange Country nonprofit best known for their weekly

Students Help City of Orange Promote Sustainability Practices

June 27, 2024 by Benjamin Brazil | Community

Schmid College students prepared a sustainability plan that will help the city reduce greenhouse emissions.

Catalyst for Creativity: How Chemistry Inspired a Unique Choreography Kurt Horney ’24 combines his passions for science and dance

May 17, 2024 by Katy Gilbertson | Community

In the realm of science courses, Organic Chemistry has a reputation: Daunting. Technical. Stressful. It’s not typically known for inspiring performance art. But for Kurt Horney ’24, two semesters of organic chemistry sparked a creative idea: what would these lectures look like in the form of dance? Horney is a Dance and Biochemistry and Molecular

Science in the Community: TriBeta Hosts Local Youth For a Science-Packed Saturday

November 9, 2023 by Katy Gilbertson | Events

“It is all too easy for us to overlook our blessings and not appreciate the value of higher education. Our mission is to demonstrate the boundless possibilities within higher education.” On Saturday, October 21, Chapman’s chapter of Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) partnered up with course SCI 320/420, “STEM in Action: The Development of STEM Pedagogies

Chapman’s Beta Beta Beta Honor Society Hosts the Higher Ground Youth and Family Center

April 28, 2023 by SCSTU08 Anne Schmidt | Events

On Saturday, April 15th, the Chapman University chapter of Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) Biology Honor Society partnered with the Grand Challenge Initiative SCI 320 course to host the Higher Ground Youth and Family Center, an organization that provides support and resources to youth and families in need. During the event, TriBeta students gave information on

Simon Scholar Mentors High School Students in Simon STEM Program Student Spotlight: Kevin Alvarado '23

December 14, 2020 by Monroe Roush | Community

Students from Orange High School (OHS) are frequent visitors at Chapman, taking tours and hanging out in Starbucks. But Chapman’s relationship with OHS is more than that of friendly neighbors. The Simon STEM program is a six-year process that begins during a student’s junior year while attending OHS and continues through four more years at

Service-Based Learning Course Introduces STEM to Local “At-Risk” Children Chapman Students teach STEM topics to youth at Higher Ground Youth and Family Services

December 7, 2020 by Sarah Buckley | Community

Last year, Schmid College started a service-based learning course called STEM in Action in partnership with a local non-profit, Higher Ground Youth and Family Services, in Anaheim. This course allows Chapman students to lead STEM-focused activities to get elementary and middle school children excited about science. Typically the students would work with the children at

Learning to Lead during a Pandemic Student Spotlight: Izze Billet '21 shares about her CHOC internship this past summer

October 5, 2020 by Monroe Roush | Alumni

We are continuing our blog series featuring students who worked or had internships in their field this past summer! This week, we spoke with Izze Billet (’21), a biological sciences who worked at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). Izze shared her leadership experiences and the transition the program had to make during the

Call to Action for Racial Justice in STEM By Goldwater Scholar Edena Khoshaba '21

June 10, 2020 by Edena Khoshaba | Community

As the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others cause nationwide anguish, millions of people have mobilized to fight for racial justice. I am glad to see that Chapman has issued statements and invited speakers and staff to address this movement and denounce continued violence against Black communities. However, while their