Chapman University has appointed Dr. Andrew Lyon the new dean of the Schmid College of Science and Technology. Coming to Chapman from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Lyon begins his tenure as the third dean of the Schmid School on July 1, 2014. He replaces Dr. Janeen Hill, who has served as dean for
Over winter break, Chapman professor Hesham El-Askary traveled to the epicenter of political change to talk about another kind of change on everyone’s mind: climate change. Dr. El-Askary, associate professor Schmid College of Science and Technology and member of the Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations , recently traveled to The American University in
Happy New Year from the Schmid College of Science and Technology! If you are new to Chapman University, let me extend a warm welcome. If you are a continuing member of our Chapman family, welcome back! We are very excited to usher in 2014, which promises to be a pivotal year for our science programs. This
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. The donation was announced by Chapman University President James L. Doti.
Three students from Chapman University’s Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) program were chosen to receive California Educational MFT Stipends. Please help us in congratulating Rebecca Alvarado, Angela Cruz and Lori Martinez! The awards provide each recipient with a stipend for $18,500 to work with underserved populations. Only 10 stipends were made available for all of
Chapman University seniors, Maheen Kibriya and Shehzein Khan, are presenting at the 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference in Colorado – a conference of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) which is the largest international organization in computational biology. Integrating Biology and Computer Programming What makes this presentation unique – aside from the fact
Congratulations to the trio of stellar Computational and Data Science graduate students awarded scholarships through the Experian Scholars Program in High Performance Data Mining! Mr. Andrew Fontenot (Ph.D. program), Mr. Rene German (Master of Science program) and Ms. Chloe Martin (Master of Science program) have been announced as Experian Scholars and awarded full-tuition scholarships through the program. As modern environmental, biological, chemical
Tomorrow, Dr. Erik Linstead and his students will introduce AMP (Autism Management Platform), an integrated, web-based tool for creating, managing, and mining data associated with the treatment of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). AMP’s tablet-based mobile app and corresponding web interface allow parents, therapists, and doctors to share and aggregate multi-media data in real-time,
Schmid College is excited to announce that renowned social psychologist Dr. Philip Zimbardo will be on campus Thursday, February 20, 2014, to give a lecture about his work and receive his honorary doctor of science degree from Chapman University. During Zimbardo’s 2011 visit to Chapman University, he spoke about his journey from understanding evil to inspiring
Congratulations to food science graduate students Sabrina Davis and Brendan Wong! The two were recognized by National Association of Flavor and Food-Ingredient Systems ( NAFFS ) and awarded the association’s 2013 west coast scholarship award. Patrick Imburgia, West Coast Scholarship Chair and Flavor Chemist of Mission Flavors , presented the NAFFS West Coast scholarship awards