News - Dr. Goldsmith awarded Wang-Fradkin Professorship & Dr. Hsu receives Valerie Scudder Award Archive - Schmid College of Science and Technology

Schmid College Faculty Receive Top University Honors Dr. Goldsmith awarded Wang-Fradkin Professorship & Dr. Hsu receives Valerie Scudder Award

June 2, 2020 by Sarah Buckley | News

The offices of The President, Provost, and Vice President of Research annually recognize faculty across campus during Faculty Honors Convocation for outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship, and research. The 2020 Faculty Honors Convocation was canceled due to the stay-at-home order, so faculty honors and awards were presented at the Faculty Senate Meeting on Friday, May

Schmid College SARS-CoV-2 Summer Seminar Series All Schmid undergraduate students are welcome; no biology background required!

June 2, 2020 by Sarah Buckley | News

Interested in learning more about the biology of the coronavirus? Announcing a new seminar series starting in July for Schmid undergraduate students! All are welcome; no biology background required! This will be a once a week seminar for roughly one hour; each week a different faculty member will lead the discussion on a given area

How One Becomes a Quadruple Major Conner Carnahan '20 shares how he majored in Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Business, with an Economics minor

May 30, 2020 by Sarah Buckley | News

Conner Carnahan ’20 graduated this spring as a quadruple major in Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Business with a minor Economics. This wasn’t necessarily Conner’s plan from the start, but through his time at Chapman, he followed his passions which led him to explore a variety of academics. How One Major Snowballed into Four Carnahan entered

Food Science Students Dominate Chapman 3MT® Competition Congratulations to Anna Paula Colella and Michelle Tu

May 17, 2020 by Sarah Buckley | News

Founded by the University of Queensland, Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a student competition that challenges Masters and Ph.D. students to condense hours of research and pages of text into a three-minute talk that effectively explains their research in a way that engages a non-specialist audience. After the first competition in 2008, 3MT® has expanded

To The Incredible Schmid Faculty… A video from the Class of 2020 Graduates

May 17, 2020 by Lindsay Zumwalt '20 | News

Dear Schmid Faculty, When the final weeks of our last undergraduate semester moved online, many of us seniors were disheartened, not knowing when the next time we would see the Schmid faculty in-person. Although, yes, we see our current professors virtually every week, it is not the same. We cannot say hello to our freshman

Doti Outstanding Graduate Student Award Given to Schmid College Postdoctoral Researcher Awarded to Wenzhao Li, Ph.D. '20 from Computational and Data Sciences Program

May 15, 2020 by Sarah Buckley | News

Wenzhao Li, Ph.D. from the Computational and Data Sciences (CADS) program is the recipient of Chapman University’s 2020 James L. Doti Outstanding Graduate Student Award in the doctoral category. The Doti Award is the highest honor for graduate students at Chapman University. It is given out annually to one doctoral and one master’s student. The Doti

Introducing New Schmid Senator Macy Dexter ’22 Learn what she hopes to accomplish this next year

May 12, 2020 by Monroe Roush | News

Chapman’s Student Government Association (SGA) works to represent the interests of students by allocating funding, negotiating with administration, and hosting events. Last month, SGA held its elections for the 2020-2021 school year, and our newest Schmid senator is sophomore Macy Dexter! Dexter is a biological sciences major from Newport, Oregon, and she is also involved

Meet Interim STEM Career Advisor Leanna Izen Learn how Leanna can support you in your career journey

May 4, 2020 by Sarah Buckley | News

Schmid College welcomes Interim Schmid College Career Advisor Leanna Izen! We are excited to have Leanna to support our science students in their career journeys. Leanna Izen has been working at Chapman University as a Career Educator in the Career and Professional Development Office for the past year. Prior to joining Chapman, she worked in

Designed with Sustainability in Mind Learn how the Keck Center decreases its environmental impact

April 21, 2020 by Monroe Roush | News

Happy Earth Day! Our students show their commitment to environmental issues and sustainability every day, from participation in clubs like Net Zero Chapman and Mission Environment to working for Chapman’s Office of Sustainability. One of our newest buildings on campus, the Keck Center for Science and Engineering, reflects this value of our student body. As the biggest

Headed to CalTech with a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Chang '19

April 17, 2020 by Monroe Roush | News

We are so excited to celebrate Daniel Chang ’19, who was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP)! The NSF GRFP recognizes graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math who are pursuing further education in masters and doctoral programs. The fellows receive opportunities for international research and professional development, as