Towards the end of this past spring semester, I walked into my office to find the dreaded red “you have voice mail” light blazing on my phone. As I listened to the message, I was happy to hear the voice of President Doti, who is known to use the medium to broadcast his musings to
Schmid College saw three of its biology students receive awards at the most recent TriBeta West Coast Regional Conference. TriBeta, a national biological honor society, offers students the opportunity to showcase their research and get feedback from elite minds in the field of biology. Amy Ortega and Kristen Gabriel received second place for the
This Valentine’s day, you may want to think twice about who will pick up the check at dinner, as Schmid College of Science and Technology Professor David Frederick has just come out with new research that examines men’s and women’s beliefs about who should pay for dates during courtship, and how couples actually
Happy New Year from the Schmid College of Science and Technology! If you are new to Chapman University, let me extend a warm welcome. If you are a continuing member of our Chapman family, welcome back! We are very excited to usher in 2014, which promises to be a pivotal year for our science programs. This
As part of the Science Forum Series , Dr. Jennifer Martiny, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine, will be sharing her research about microbial diversity, ecosystem functioning, and global change. Microorganisms drive many processes in ecosystems on which humans depend. Recent research demonstrates that the variety of
You are cordially invited to the Fifth Joint Mathematics Colloquium this Thursday afternoon at Chapman University. Thursday, November 21, 2013 Von Neumann Hall, 545 W. Palm Ave, Orange CA 92866 Join for snacks and refreshments at 1:30 PM. Organizers: Bogdan Suceavă (CSUF) and Peter Jipsen (Chapman University) For abstracts of the scheduled talks, click Joint
Congratulations to food science graduate students Sabrina Davis and Brendan Wong! The two were recognized by National Association of Flavor and Food-Ingredient Systems ( NAFFS ) and awarded the association’s 2013 west coast scholarship award. Patrick Imburgia, West Coast Scholarship Chair and Flavor Chemist of Mission Flavors , presented the NAFFS West Coast scholarship awards
Chapman University is hosting Startup Weekend Orange County for budding entrepreneurs on November 22 through 24, 2013. This is the fifth Startup Weekend Orange County hosted by Chapman with the three-day event selling out each time. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event that focuses on building a web or mobile application which
Computational Science students Louis Ehwerhemuepha and Alexandria Smith traveled to Boston to make a poster presentation on October 23rd at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). They presented their research work titled: “A Novel Exact Case-Control Test for Association.” The real-world implications for this research is
As part of the Science Forum Series, Dr. Cassandra Medvedeff will be sharing her research about the Controls of Greenhouse Gas Production: Studies from the Florida Everglades to Minnesota Peatlands. Wetlands are key ecosystems that regulate the global carbon cycle through both storing and emitting large quantities of carbon. These ecosystems are the