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Food Science Team Wins First Runner-up at National College Bowl This is the fourth year out of five that Chapman has clinched the regional title

July 6, 2011 by Schmid College | News

Forget about the whiz kids on Jeopardy College and the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The smart crew to beat this year was Chapman University’s own Food Science College Bowl Team. The team of five students won first runner-up at the Institute of Food Technologists’ competition, losing in a final double-elimination round to The Ohio State University. This

Professor Peterson Represented the US at Infertility Confrence in Denmark Peterson co-presented 2 papers at the 2011 meeting of the Copenhagen Multi-Centre Psychosocial Infertility

July 2, 2011 by Schmid College | News

Brennan Peterson co-presented 2 papers at the 2011 meeting of the Copenhagen Multi-Centre Psychosocial Infertility (COMPI) Research meeting. The COMPI team is an interdisciplinary group of infertility scholars from the fields of medicine, public health, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Dr. Peterson represents the United States while other countries represented include Denmark, the United Kingdom, Portugal,

Chancellor Struppa Presents Research at Broadcom Conference Broadcom Corp.’s annual Technical Conference will be held held June 8th in Irvine

July 1, 2011 by Schmid College | News

Chancellor Danielle Struppa was an invited presenter at Broadcom Corp.’s annual Technical Conference, held June 8 in Irvine. Broadcom, a global leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, held the annual conference for top engineers from Broadcom offices around the globe to share ideas and explore innovations. Students and scholars from universities receiving

Schmid Scientists Track Arizona Fires via Satellite The Center of Excellence in Earth Observing analyzes massive Arizona wildfires

June 10, 2011 by Schmid College | News

As part of their research of Earth hazards, scientists at The Center of Excellence in Earth Observing in the Schmid College of Science are tracking the massive Arizona wildfires. The image above was captured by Terra satellite and picked up by Schmid’s own direct-broadcast antenna. More views are available at Schmid’s website. Among those studying

Schmid College Wins Major Grant to Study Climate Change Impact on California Agriculture The $848,000 three-year grant will support advanced computational modeling to project the effects of climate change

May 26, 2011 by Schmid College | News

The Schmid College of Science at Chapman University has been awarded a major grant to study the agricultural impact of climate change in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the $848,000 three-year grant will support advanced computational modeling to project the effects of climate change, allowing scientists and

Chancellor Struppa Publishes Ground-Breaking Book on Functional Calculus Struppa details functional calculus in his new book "Noncommutative Functional Calculus"

May 24, 2011 by Schmid College | News

Chancellor Daniele Struppa proposes a new approach to two important problems in the theory of functional calculus in his new book, Noncommutative Functional Calculus: Theory and Applications of Slice Hyperholomorphic Functions, published by Birkhauser. Co-written with Fabrizio Colombo and Irene Sabadini from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy’s largest technical university, the book has the potential

Dinner with Students Helps Fuel President Doti’s Boston Marathon Run Professor Christopher Kim, Ph.D. and students join Doti in a carbo-loading dinner

April 26, 2011 by Schmid College | News

We’re not sure if it was the pleasure of dining with a dynamic group of Chapman alumni and students, or the pasta served in braised rabbit sauce at a great Italian restaurant. But President Jim Doti reports that despite a cold and bad cough he finished this year’s April 18 Boston Marathon with a time

Chapman Student Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship Award provides $30,000 to help fund graduate school

April 25, 2011 by Schmid College | News

Hawaiian-born Chelsea Takahashi ’12 says growing up healthy and happy in one of the most beautiful places in the world made her think about others who don’t have such good fortune. So she chose a double major in environmental science policy and political science and started thinking about a career in agricultural development. Now the

Dr. Kafatos Calls for Vigilance in Wake of Japan’s Reactor Crisis Quoted in Orange County Register

March 16, 2011 by Schmid College | News

Menas Kafatos, Ph.D., dean of the Schmid College of Science, was interviewed by the Orange County Register and KCAL9 regarding whether the United States should worry about radiation from Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors reaching the Pacific coast. Dr. Kafatos agreed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s statement that no present danger existed, but advised vigilance by

Dr. Piper Finds Uncommon Knowledge in Life of Common Loons Walter Piper, Ph.D., writes about the territorial battle between male loons.

January 14, 2011 by Schmid College | News

The opening scene of a feature story in the current issue of Natural History magazine reads like a dispatch from the sidelines of a gladiator battle, with two males lunging, grasping, pummeling, pounding and thwacking one another in a battle to the death. But Walter Piper, Ph.D., professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Schmid