Click here to see the current lineup of Science on Tap live events. Schmid College’s “ChapmanU Science on Tap” is a new on-going series for the college and will feature Chapman University faculty exploring the intersection of science and culture. The inaugural event took place at Provisions Market Monday, September 14, 2015 with Lia Halloran, MFA, Assistant Professor
In 2017, Beckman Foundation and Chapman University partnered on this award, which is now called the Beckman-Chapman Young Scientist Award. On August 18, Schmid College recognized the first Chapman-OCSEF Youth Innovation Award winners, a group of middle and high school students who participated in this year’s Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF). Celebrating its 60th anniversary this
Science journalist Gary Taubes delivered the keynote address at the 2015 Commencement Ceremony. In his address, Taubes spoke about, “the exquisite balancing act that has to be accomplished in order to do science right.” The award-winning author, science journalist, and Science magazine correspondent is the only print journalist to have won three Science in Society Journalism awards,
Watch Gary Taubes’ Schmid College Commencement address (beginning at the 16-minute mark). As our graduating students depart Schmid College, they depart as scientists. Regardless of their career paths, science communication is one of the vital roles they can play in society. It is because of the importance of science communication that Schmid College has chosen to invite science
Chapman University will host the Fourth Annual Intercollegiate Computer Game Showcase Saturday, May 9, representing colleges and universities in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Blending industry with academia, the event will give students the opportunity to network with professionals and exhibit their skills in a positive, entertaining forum. Approximately 50 student teams with three members per
Over 40 teams from four different universities are competing in this year’s third annual Autism App Jam, which culminates in a Final Judging and Public Viewing event on Friday, April 24 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Chapman University’s Sandhu Conference Center. According to the Autism App Jam website, it is a “two-week competition where
This spring, the Hashinger Science Labs will open their doors again on Friday, April 1, 2016 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Science Labs Open House is open to all– Chapman campus and beyond– so please join us. The Kim Environmental Geochemistry (KEG) and Marine Invertebrate Biology (MIB) programs held an open house on
Chapman University’s Food Science Graduate Program hosted its 4 th Annual Food Industry Networking night on April 1, 2015. This year’s event, co-hosted by first year students Emma Gottschall and Alex Hoang, saw over 110 food industry professionals, alumni and current students exchange ideas, reconnect with professors and colleagues, and, of course swap business cards!
Last month OCFAC joined with Chapman University’s Food Science and Nutrition Student Association to host a thought-provoking film and panel presentation attended by over 50 individuals. The film Food Chains was centerpiece, a 2014 documentary profiling the successful effort of Florida farm workers to gain basic wages and safer working conditions from some of the world’s largest supermarket and
Monday, April 20, Schmid College hosts Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Nicholas Hud for his lecture “Experimental Investigations of the Origin and Early Evolution of Life” from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Argyros Forum Student Ballroom, (AF 119A). This lecture is free and open to the public. Lecture Description The principles of evolution are