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Biological Sciences

  

January Research Highlights New research on dog noses, hagfish slime, seafood labeling and the water cycle

January 28, 2025 by | Research

Since their domestication millennia ago, dogs have been man’s best friend, and aside from friendship, centuries of selective breeding have tailored them for tasks like herding, hunting and guarding — or so we thought. A new study led by Schmid College of Science and Technology’s Nicholas Hebdon and Lindsay Waldrop, published in the journal Science

November Research Highlights Schmid faculty featured on CBS News and Diversity in Action Magazine

November 28, 2024 by | Research

As the year draws to an end, a number of Schmid College faculty have been recognized on global lists of highly cited researchers. Dean Michael Ibba, Professors Yakir Aharanov, Daniel Alpay, Justin Dressel, Joshua Fisher, Gregory Goldsmith, John Howell, Andrew Jordan, Matt Leifer, Ramesh Singh and Gennady Verkhivker, and Presidential Fellow John (Jack) Horner are

October Research Highlights Ginseng may not always be what it seems

October 30, 2024 by | Research

It’s almost flu season, and one popular herbal supplement for immune support is ginseng. But what if your supplement contains undeclared ingredients? Ginseng products are vulnerable to fraud, with cheaper plant materials substituted for genuine ingredients, posing risks to consumer health and safety. However, effective methods for identifying adulteration and fraud in ginseng products have

September Research Highlights Schmidsters on the morning news

September 30, 2024 by | Research

Elena Skender ‘25 and Sophia Wallace ‘24 are featured in a Spectrum News 1 story about a research study they carried out with classmates in their plant biology laboratory class this past spring. Working in collaboration with the Irvine Ranch Conservancy, the students studied the thermal limits of common native plant species in Southern California.

August Research Highlights New research in neurodegeneration, isolation, and superoscillations

August 30, 2024 by | Research

Chapman University’s science facilities have been in the news recently, ranking number five nationally on a list of best science lab facilities provided by the Princeton Review’s Best 390 Colleges guidebook. You can take a virtual tour of the Keck Center for Science and Engineering by watching this video. Rebecca Glineburg, assistant professor of biological

June Research Highlights IQS' Aharonov inducted into Royal Society

June 27, 2024 by | Research

Yakir Aharanov, the James J. Farley Professor in Natural Philosophy, has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society. The elected fellows, recognized for their invaluable contributions to science, are leaders in their fields and come from all parts of the world. Other elected Royal Society fellows include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Dorothy

Schmid Seniors Win Big at Campus Leadership Awards Congratulations to Mohamad Hijazi, Lorena Munoz, and Kevin Nguyen

May 10, 2024 by | News

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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