The Office of Graduate Admission and Schmid College of Science & Technology are pleased to host information sessions for the MS/MBA Food Science and the MS/PhD Computational & Data Science degrees. These sessions will be hosted by the program directors and admission representatives. There will also be current students presenting, as well as answering questions.
Chapman University’s continuing growth in the health sciences has been given a boost by a $15 million gift from Newport Beach couple Harry and Diane Rinker. The gift, announced at Saturday evening’s American Celebration gala, will name Chapman’s new health science campus in Irvine the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus. The funds will
Schmid College of Science and Technology is proud to host Elizabeth Gould, PhD, next month when she receives an honorary Doctor of Science from Chapman University. Named one of the 50 most important women in science by Discover magazine, Gould is considered to be the world’s most prolific researcher in neuroplasticity. For the past two decades, her
François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist, and Distinguished Visiting Professor in Residence and founding member of the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California, has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for his prediction of the Higgs Boson particle, which has helped the world’s physicists solve some of the deepest mysteries of
Fall semester is in full swing, and while the weather may be cooling down, several outstanding students are just starting to heat things up. Earlier this semester, juniors and seniors in the Biochem, Molecular Biology, and Biology programs interviewed with Santa Ana-based medical technology company, Medtronic. After the interviews, six were selected to participate in
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. François Englert (currently affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies ) has received the Citation Laureate title from Thomson Reuters. Citation Laureates are researchers who are selected, through quantitative analysis , as those most likely to receive a Nobel Prize. Englert’s research revolves around statistical physics,
The spotlight has been shining on Dr. David Frederick , Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Crean School of Health and Life Sciences. Most recently, you may have seen his research featured in the news about one of the few “courtship conventions” that have remained steadfast in the modern dating game: men still pay for
Over the weekend, Dr. Hesham El-Askary , Associate Professor and Director of Hazards, Global and Environmental Change and Computational Science Programs, gave an insightful lecture for teens attending the Orange Public Library Foundation’s STEAM for Teens program (STEAM stands for S cience, T echnology, E ngineering, A rts, and M ath). For his lecture,
At the start of each academic year, the Department of Physical Therapy, in the Crean School of Health & Life Sciences, holds its White Coat Ceremony and Reception. This traditional ceremony is designed to welcome first-year students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program as professional colleagues dedicated to patient care. During the ceremony,
From the Dean’s Desk: Welcome to the 2013-14 academic year and the revamped Schmid College of Science & Technology blog. We hope you will continue to find this blog a good source of information about some of the amazing accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni, both on campus and in the community. There