The pros and cons of Proposition 37, a state ballot initiative that would require some genetically modified foods to be labeled as such, will be the topic of a panel discussion from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in Beckman Hall room 404 at Chapman University. Among the participants for “The Prop. 37-GMO Labeling
Prof. Andrew Moisher, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, will be hosting a MathCS seminar Thursday, October 4. The seminar will take place at Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave) from 1:15pm until 2:15pm. Title: Generalizing Modal Logic for Compact Hausdorff Semantics Abstract: Normal modal logic can be regarded as a specification language for non-deterministic state
The Food Science Club has teamed up with the “We’ve Got Your Back Program of Giving Children Hope”, which donates food items and backpacks to homeless children. If you are interested in supporting the drive, boxes are located at Hashinger Science Center in the Mail Room, the Food Science Lab (Rm. 19), and outside of
From Crisis to Sustainability: The Challenge of the 21st Century Join us this week for our Science Forum Series. This week we will be featuring Richard A. Matthew, Professor at the Schools of Social Ecology and Social Science and Director of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine.
The Chapman University MESA Program has been asked to host the southern regional preliminary competitions for the JPL Invention Challenge. The JPL Invention Challenge is a NASA-sponsored event hosted by the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL). The competition is open to local middle and high school students. In the past, Challenges have ranged from designing a Rube
The Graduate Program Fair will be held Tuesday, September 18 from 10am to 2pm. Learn more about the graduate programs offered by the Schmid College of Science and Technology: • MS Food Science • 4+1 Integrated MS Food Science • MBA/MS Food Science • MS Health & Strategic Communication • 4+1 Integrated MS Health &
The Science Forum Series kicks off the fall semester Wednesday, Aug. 29, at noon, in Argyros Forum 119A with a talk by Satish C. Singh, professor, at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France, and the University of Cambridge, England. Singh’s talk is titled “Birth and Death of Oceanic Crust: Ocean Spreading Centers
Chapman University welcomes Nobel Laureate Dr. David Gross as he explains the theory that unifies all the forces of nature and helps scientists understand the origin and history of the universe. He also discusses what it might mean to have a final theory of fundamental physics and whether science is capable of discovering it. Gross
Michael Shermer, Ph.D., publisher of Skeptic magazine, speaker at the Reason Rally, Washington, D.C., lectures about skepticism and conspiracy theory. This lecture comes from Shermer’s class, “How to Think Like a Scientist Without Being a Geek.” Shermer is a professor at Chapman University and at Claremont Graduate University. Video produced by Panther Productions.