Chapman University announces Dr. Andrew Lyon as new dean for Schmid College of Science and Technology
Chapman University has appointed Dr. Andrew Lyon the new dean of the Schmid College of Science and Technology. Coming to Chapman from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Lyon begins his tenure as the third dean of the Schmid School on July 1, 2014. He replaces Dr. Janeen Hill, who has served as dean for
Chapman Climate Change Expert Invited to Speak at the American University in Cairo
Over winter break, Chapman professor Hesham El-Askary traveled to the epicenter of political change to talk about another kind of change on everyone’s mind: climate change. Dr. El-Askary, associate professor Schmid College of Science and Technology and member of the Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations , recently traveled to The American University in
The Butterflies of Iguazú Falls Come to Chapman February 7, 2014
In 1983, Bill Cooper, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Irvine, first encountered- and was mesmerized by- the butterflies of Iguazú Falls. Since then, he has taken over 15,000 pictures and videos of these butterflies, photographically preserving them for future generations. This stunning show will be on display February 7, 2014 through March 2014
Chapman University Food Science hosts Konica Minolta Food Color Measurement Workshop
January 23, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Free registration, but space is limited Konica Minolta Sensing Americas presents a seminar on color measurement designed exclusively for the food industry. The essence of color quality control is accurate measurement and assessment, but even standard visual color assessments have limitations. Accurate and consistent color measurement is possible
Happy New Year from Dean Hill
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
Major Gift from Catherine and James Emmi Supports Expansion in the Sciences
Orange County philanthropists Catherine and James Emmi of Corona del Mar have made a transformational gift to Chapman University to support the university’s significant expansion in the sciences. The exact amount of the gift is confidential, but it is in excess of $10 million. The donation was announced by Chapman University President James L. Doti.
Marriage and Family Therapy Graduates Collect Up Stipend Awards
Three students from Chapman University’s Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) program were chosen to receive California Educational MFT Stipends. Please help us in congratulating Rebecca Alvarado, Angela Cruz and Lori Martinez! The awards provide each recipient with a stipend for $18,500 to work with underserved populations. Only 10 stipends were made available for all of
Biology Undergrads to Present at International Computational Biology Conference
Chapman University seniors, Maheen Kibriya and Shehzein Khan, are presenting at the 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference in Colorado – a conference of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) which is the largest international organization in computational biology. Integrating Biology and Computer Programming What makes this presentation unique – aside from the fact
Experian-Chapman Partnership Yields Student Scholarships and Internships
Congratulations to the trio of stellar Computational and Data Science graduate students awarded scholarships through the Experian Scholars Program in High Performance Data Mining! Mr. Andrew Fontenot (Ph.D. program), Mr. Rene German (Master of Science program) and Ms. Chloe Martin (Master of Science program) have been announced as Experian Scholars and awarded full-tuition scholarships through the program. As modern environmental, biological, chemical
Dr. Linstead and Students Introduce Autism Management Tool
Tomorrow, Dr. Erik Linstead and his students will introduce AMP (Autism Management Platform), an integrated, web-based tool for creating, managing, and mining data associated with the treatment of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). AMP’s tablet-based mobile app and corresponding web interface allow parents, therapists, and doctors to share and aggregate multi-media data in real-time,