Chapman University’s Food Science Student Association welcomes the schools of the Mountain West region for the 28th Annual Area Meeting and College Bowl Competition. The College Bowl Competition will take place March 8 & 9, 2013 at Chapman University. In addition to the competition, the Annual Area Meeting will allow students to network with each
Hear industry veterans talk about the business aspects of food safety. Key topics will include food safety outbreaks, risk management, crisis planning, food safety programs, and third party audits. With lessons learned in the field, the panelists will present a template for managing business, consumers, and customers during outbreaks. The panel discussion will take place
Red-foot tortoises usually have long life spans, but can they live 30 years without food or water? Lately there has been some buzz surrounding a particular tortoise in Brazil who may have accomplished just that. The tortoise, Manuela, was thought to be lost in 1982 during a home renovation, only to be found in a
12-hour Hackathon, hosted by AnyMeeting.com, challenged software engineers and entrepreneurs. Participants of the hackathon were given the challenge to develop a software product or service involving the emerging web standard for Real Time Communication, also known as WebRTC. Chapman University hosted the 12-hour Hackathon over the weekend, complete with pizza, giveaways, and prizes. Chapman Undergrads
There’s always room in Professor Fred Caporaso’s Hashinger Hall office for another turtle. The latest to join his collection of turtle and tortoise trinkets and photos is a handsome little figure of an ornate desert box turtle. The hand-carved sculpture is actually an award, the inaugural “Charlie Green Turtle Conservation & Education Award” given by
Invited speaker Dr. Jipsen covered various topics at CUSO winter school in Switzerland Dr. Jipsen gave three lectures in just three days at the CUSO Winter School in Mathematics and Computer Science in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. His lectures covered finite models and practical decision procedures in propositional substructural logics. The quick winter school session focused
The director of Schmid College’s Marriage and Family Therapy Program has embarked on a collaborative research project with scholars at the University of Hong Kong aimed at exploring topics related to delayed childbearing. Brennan Peterson , Ph.D., associate professor, has conducted extensive research on young adults’ underestimation of their “biological clocks.” Such research
Chapman University, in partnership with AnyMeeting.com, a leading provider of web conferencing, will be the host site for the AnyMeeting WebRTC Hackathon planned Saturday, Jan. 26. Influxis, a live streaming and real-time application hosting provider, has signed on to be a sponsor of the event along with TokBox, creators of the OpenTok video platform, who
The 8-year-old girl had a decayed front tooth, discolored almost to the gum line. In the African city slum where she lived, such a disfigurement was essentially a curse that would repel marriage suitors and crush her prospects for any kind of hopeful future.Then the dentists arrived. They treated and restored the tooth. The little
Top climate scientists from around the world will convene at Chapman University on Dec. 8-11 to discuss extreme natural hazards and ways to work with authorities to create better warning systems to mitigate death and destruction. The conference is part of the Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GeoRisk Commission) of the International Union of