How Do I Get There From Here?
In the spirit of industry and discovery, Schmid College launched a new series of programming this past fall: Career Discovery Chats. For our pilot semester, we invited our Science Forum guest speakers to spend part of their time on campus meeting with students to discuss career paths, industry observations, and making the most of their
#CUinVietnam2017
This year, Chapman Food Science took a break from the California winter and flew to Vietnam as part of their FSN 510 Food Industry Study Tour. The entire course was designed in partnership with Nong Lam University and their faculty from the Food Science and Technology Department. With 10 full days of traveling through southern
The CoreLogic Machine Learning Challenge
On January 27, over 30 students came together to apply their machine learning and analytics skills thanks to the corporate sponsorship and data provided by the industry-leading provider of financial, property, and consumer information, as well as a major service provider in the area of business intelligence and analytics, CoreLogic. The initial challenge for the student
Keeping Up with Jonathan Woo ’15
We recently caught up with biochemistry and molecular biology alumnus Jonathan Woo ’15. Jonathan is in his second year of medical school at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine located in his hometown of Honolulu, HI. We asked him a few questions about how Chapman University influenced his getting into medical
How to Literally Beat the Heat: The Secret to Why Wings Pair Well with Ranch and Beer
It’s that time of year again – time for the Super Bowl. We all know what that means: a football game that will keep you on the edge of your seat, some of the best commercials of the year, Animal Planet’s classic Puppy Bowl, and, most importantly, food. There is no other day of the
Environmental Science & Policy Students Lobby in Washington D.C.
What better way to get hands-on policy experience than to go to our nation’s capital and lobby members of Congress for a proposed carbon fee and dividend legislation! Thanks to Student Government Association funding, Citizens’ Climate Lobby , and support from Schmid College faculty and staff, five Chapman students were able to go to Washington
With the AIMed Conference, Schmid and CHOC's Relationship Grows Deeper
The Children’s Hospital of Orange County, or CHOC as its more commonly known in the local area, is approximately 1.7 miles away from Schmid College’s main hub in Hashinger Science Center on Chapman’s main campus . The two institutions’ relationship is much deeper than just geographic proximity though, and for the last several years CHOC
Simple Science: "Burning" Money through Chemistry!
Did you know that Chapman recently broke ground on its most innovative building to date? The 140,000 square-foot Center for Science and Technology is the manifestation of Chapman’s ongoing commitment to scientific advancement and discovery. Get your future Panthers in the scientific spirit with this engaging and silly experiment, recommended by Chapman’s own Dr. Jerry LaRue, head
Simon STEM Scholar Attends AGU 2016 Fall Meeting
Gage Kizzar, a high school student from Orange High School, was selected in 2015 as a Simon STEM Scholar. As part of the partnership between Chapman University, The Simon Foundations and Orange High School, Kizzar has worked with faculty members of Schmid College of Science and Technology during Fall 2015, Spring 2016 and Fall 2016
Detection of the Hepatitis A Virus
Hepatitis A is one of the five hepatitis viruses that infect the liver. These viruses are a major health problem since it can affect millions of people around the world. Although there is a vaccine that prevents the virus, transmission is still possible especially in countries without access to the vaccine. Out of the five