This article, written by David Ogul, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. As researchers at Chapman University break new ground in mining big data, an app developed by a group of its students is poised to take that knowledge to the next level — a practical, Internet-based tool that could help parents and caregivers make the
This article, written by David Ogul, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. There’s a lot of information out there about healthcare – an estimated 500 petabytes’ worth of data that could hold the key to better diagnoses and even better treatment of everything from Alzheimer’s disease and cancer to diabetes. The question is,
On March 17, 2014, a team of astrophysicists announced the physics of what happened in the first one trillionth, of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the so-called Big Bang. The American team — also known as BICEP2 — announced these findings of what the science community calls the detection of primordial
Schmid College professor, Dr. Christopher Kim, was awarded Chapman University’s elite Senior Wang-Fradkin Professorship at the 19th Annual Chapman University Faculty Honors Convocation, held Friday, May 16, 2014, in the George H.W. Bush Conference Center. Chancellor Daniele Struppa, Ph.D., presented the Senior Wang-Fradkin Professorship to Christopher Kim, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Earth
The Office of Undergraduate Research’s annual, campus-wide Chapman University Student Research Day is almost here! On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 the breadth and depth of Chapman students’ scholarly and creative work will be on display. Schmid College students submitted 98 abstracts for this year’s Student Research Day. That is more than all other colleges combined. A total
The School of Computational Sciences invites you to its research seminar this week: When: Thursday May 8th 2014 at 4pm (tea and cookies at 3:30pm) Where: Von Neumann Hall Speaker: Dr. Hendrik De Bie, Assistant-professor, Clifford Research Group, Ghent University Title: Convolutions for the quaternion Fourier transform with applications in image processing. Dr. De Bie’s Abstract: “In this
Two psychology students were recognized at the recent Ninety-Fourth Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association (WPA) hosted by Western Oregon University April 24-27, 2014 in Portland, Oregon. Psychology major Netasha Pizano received a WPA Scholarship award, which was awarded at the awards ceremony and presidential address on the Friday evening of the event. Additionally, Christin Walder (center
Congratulations to the Schmid College faculty members honored last Thursday at the annual Faculty Research Recognition Reception! Of course, we at Schmid College are beaming with Panther Pride. Below is an excerpt from the Happenings article detailing the event and the recognition of Schmid College faculty: The awards were presented by Chancellor Daniele Struppa, who
Dr. Marco Bisoffi ‘s research into “field cancerization” was featured on WAMC’s The Academic Minute. His research widens the view of cancer treatment to include the tissues in areas surrounding tumors. Bisoffi is associate professor of biological sciences at Chapman University with joint appointments at Schmid College, Crean College of Health and Behavioral
Join us Wednesday, May 7th at noon in Arygros Forum, room 119A . Marco Bisoffi, PhD , will present “Using Analogs of the Natural Product Curcumin to Combat Prostate Cancer Cells”. Prostate cancer cells rely on several molecular pathways for their growth and survival. These pathways have been identified as points of “oncogenic addiction.” One