Over the course of a 20-year study, Dr. Walter Piper led a team of researchers in tracking and observing birds across the north-central United States. Throughout their research, they found that when common loons settle down to breed, they prefer familiar nest sites over better lake sites. Read the official press release below, and check
You are invited to attend the launch event of the first ever campus environmental audit of Chapman University. Please join the members of Chapman University’s first graduating class of Environmental Science and Policy majors as they present their senior capstone research: The Chapman University 2013 Environmental Audit Date: Tuesday, May 14th 2013 Time: 5:00-6:45 pm
Congrats to Computational Sciences grad student Allie Smith, recipient of the 2012 North Orange County Computer Club scholarship! Smith was presented with a scholarship by NOCCC president Don Armstrong at the opening of their last meeting. In addition to the receiving the scholarship, Smith was invited to speak at the April NOCCC meeting, on computing
Please join us this Friday afternoon for the Inaugural Computational Sciences Graduate Conference. This conference, organized by our graduate students, will highlight some of their work and research. It will take place Friday, April 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in Von Neumann Hall (545 W Palm Avenue). Throughout the conference, students will present on a
Schmid College of Science and Technology continues its Science Forum Series next Wednesday with Dr. Rosalee Hellberg, Assistant Professor, Microbial Food Ecology. This talk will provide an overview of the potential effects of climate change and variability on food safety and food-borne illness. Numerous environmental factors, including temperature, acidity, oxygen availability and rainfall can impact
Chapman Senior, Nathan Lawless, achieves high score at the annual Putnam Mathematics Competition. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is an annual contest that tests some of the brightest mathematics students from colleges across the nation. The competition takes place each year on the first Saturday in December, where over 2000 college students spend 6
Chapman University will be participating in World Water Day, the nationwide celebration of water conservation and sustainability. Please join us this year to celebrate World Water Day on Friday, March 22, 2013. “Toilet to Tap Revisited” is the theme, which will cover the science, policy, and increasing need to reuse treated waste water as drinking
Chapman Food Science students win the regional Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) College Bowl competition and advance. This past weekend, Chapman University hosted the 28th Annual IFT Mountain West Food Science area meeting and College Bowl Competition. Six schools attended and five of them competed for a spot in the national competition. After a
The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has selected its first group of “Rising Stars” for a new section of its publication, The Observer. The Rising Stars program is APS’s spotlight for recent PhD’s and junior faculty who are the movers and shakers of psychological science. Schmid College faculty, Dr. David Frederick, was recently chosen to
As part of the Science Forum Series, Dr. Frederick will cover the impact of body image and body type preferences across cultures, age groups, and sexual orientations. People who are dissatisfied with their bodies report disturbances to their psychological well-being and experience negative health outcomes. Dr. Frederick’s work examines the epidemiology of body