A Journey to Galapagos Island
“Nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in a distant country.” – Charles Darwin Beagle Round the World (1839) ch. XXIII, 607 The Galapagos Islands are unlike any other place in the world and stand as one of the most majestic conversions of biology, geology and human
Trending Topics in Food Science: Q and A with food science expert Anuradha Prakash
This article, written by Joe Yogerst, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. As director of the food science program at Chapman University’s Schmid College of Science and Technology — and with nearly two decades on the faculty at the university — Anuradha Prakash is a leading authority on food science. She answered questions on the topics
The Future of Food Sustainability
This article, written by Joe Yogerst, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. One increasingly important aspect of food science is sustainability — the ability to reduce spoilage and to conserve and protect resources throughout the entire food production process. As the population continues to grow — and the United Nations projects that the world will reach
The Future of Big Data Careers
This article, written by Joe Yogerst, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. One of the nation’s leading authorities on big data retrieval, Erik Linstead is an assistant professor of computer science in the School of Computational Sciences at Chapman University’s Schmid College of Science and Technology. We asked him why big data retrieval is so important right now
Chapman University receives $1 million Grant from Keck Foundation for Chemistry Undergraduate Program
Chapman University’s continuing growth in the sciences has been given a $1 million boost from the W.M. Keck Foundation. The Foundation awarded Chapman the Undergraduate Education Grant, which will provide funding to purchase new, cutting-edge instrumentation to be used to transform chemistry undergraduate teaching, learning and research at the University. “We are thrilled the Keck
Science Behind Nutrition: Careers in giving food more substance
This article, written by Joe Yogerst, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. With job prospects in food science expected to grow 10% over the next six years according to the U.S. Department of Labor, Chapman University is helping to meet this demand by offering a master of science in food science. At Chapman’s Schmid College of
A New App to Help Autism Is On the Horizon
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
Big Data Is Changing Healthcare
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,
Tales of Two Colors: Dr. Ali Nayeri on Primordial Gravitational Waves
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
2014 Schmid College Commencement
Commencement weekend for the Class of 2014 is THIS weekend: May 22-24, 2014. Schmid College of Science and Technology’s ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 24, 2014, from 11:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m., followed by a reception in Escalette Plaza. Schmid College will graduate the largest class of its history this Saturday– 276 of you at