
Spring Honors for Schmid College Faculty
Faculty in Schmid College of Science and Technology have been recognized with a number of university awards this spring: Rosalee Hellberg, associate professor of food science, has been recognized with the university’s Award in Mentorship of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity. Students in Hellberg’s lab have worked on projects ranging from developing methods for detecting

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This ‘AI Hand Washing Coach’ May Help Prevent the Spread of Deadly Viruses
Chapman students spent two years tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues as part of the Grand Challenges Initiative.

May Research Highlights
Anuradha Prakash, professor of food science, has been featured amongst Orange County Business Journal’s Women in STEM. In addition to her longstanding academic research program, Prakash leads one of the few food science testing laboratories in the region. In this role, she regularly works with new and established businesses who are developing new products. Recent

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Chapman University’s Yakir Aharonov Elected as Member of the Royal Society
Yakir Aharonov, a professor at Schmid College of Science and Technology and holder of the James J. Farley Professorship in Natural Philosophy, has been elected as a member of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.

Catalyst for Creativity: How Chemistry Inspired a Unique Choreography
In the realm of science courses, Organic Chemistry has a reputation: Daunting. Technical. Stressful. It’s not typically known for inspiring performance art. But for Kurt Horney ’24, two semesters of organic chemistry sparked a creative idea: what would these lectures look like in the form of dance? Horney is a Dance and Biochemistry and Molecular

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Schmid Seniors Win Big at Campus Leadership Awards
On Friday, May 3, Dean of Students Jerry Price announced Chapman’s annual Campus Leadership Awards. Schmid College is proud to announce that Schmid seniors Mohamad Hijazi, Lorena Munoz, and Kevin Nguyen won university-wide awards. These standout seniors represent the academic breadth and excellence of Schmid College, and we look forward to following along in their

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Chapman Students Advocate for Higher Education at State Capitol
Participants in a six-month internship program met with Assemblymember Avelino Valencia and others to win support for increased Cal-Grant funding for students enrolled at private universities.

April Research Highlights
Lorena Munoz ’24, Noelle Clark ’24 and Emma Kocik ’22 were among a select group of students nationwide recognized with honorable mentions for their applications for Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Oliver Lopez, instructional associate professor of mathematics, has been appointed as a primary member of Kaiser Permanente’s Institutional Review Board for

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Spotlight on Chapman Voices: Jessie Tsai, Pharm.D ’26
Growing up in Chula Vista as a second-generation Taiwanese American, there were not many people in my environment that looked like me. I sometimes found it difficult to fit in with my peers, especially with English being my second language. My Asian heritage was something I wanted to suppress when I was a child since