Dr. Wright’s research on territorial limpets is featured in The Academic Minute. In case you missed it last week, Dr. Wright, professor of Biology, was featured on The Academic Minute. In the quick audio clip, he describes how limpets can get very territorial. Dr. Wright and his students study the behavior of these small sea
TEDWeekends, a weekly special in the Huffington Post, features Chapman faculty and blogger, Doug Dechow. Over the weekend, TEDWeekends explored a different aspect of our universe. Sure, we’ve all seen images and satellite footage of our sun and the planets in our solar system, but what do they sound like? In addition to an original
Faculty researchers interested in sharing their work with students or connecting with their fellow campus researchers are encouraged to participate in the second annual university-wide Faculty Research Expo on Nov. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Argyros Forum Ballroom. Faculty members interested in presenting at the expo are asked to indicate their interest
The Center of Excellence in Complex and Hypercomplex Analysis presents a workshop on function theories for biocomplex and hyperbolic numbers. The workshop will run from October 22 to 26 in the Sandhu Conference Center. Function Theories for Bicomplex and Hyperbolic numbers have recently gained momentum in the Mathematics and Physics communities. The goal of this workshop is
The famous swallows of Mission San Juan Capistrano have gone missing in recent years, and it’s professor Walter Piper’s mission to lure them back to the historical nesting site. His efforts have recently become fruitful; he discovered a swallow breeding colony only 1/4 of a mile from the historic Mission. Details of his findings can
Chapman Assistant Professor of Computer Science Erik Linstead has recently been elected a Senior Member of the IEEE – the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology (pronounced “eye-triple-eee”). Only 8 percent of the some 400,000 IEEE members hold Senior Member status, which is the organization’s only level of elevated membership other
Michael Shermer, Ph.D., publisher of Skeptic magazine, speaker at the Reason Rally, Washington, D.C., lectures about skepticism and conspiracy theory. This lecture comes from Shermer’s class, “How to Think Like a Scientist Without Being a Geek.” Shermer is a professor at Chapman University and at Claremont Graduate University. Video produced by Panther Productions.
The ballroom of the new Student Union took on the atmosphere of a shopping bazaar crossed with a science fair and book festival recently when the Office of Undergraduate Research hosted Chapman University’s first university-wide Faculty Research Expo. Students packed the room, perusing displays about faculty members’ research, projects and latest books in a variety
Menas Kafatos, Ph.D., dean of Chapman’s Schmid College of Science and Technology, has been named the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Leadership and Professional Service award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Orange County Section. He received the award at IEEE-OC’s annual awards banquet, held Oct. 29 in Costa Mesa, Calif. The award
Brennan Peterson co-presented 2 papers at the 2011 meeting of the Copenhagen Multi-Centre Psychosocial Infertility (COMPI) Research meeting. The COMPI team is an interdisciplinary group of infertility scholars from the fields of medicine, public health, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Dr. Peterson represents the United States while other countries represented include Denmark, the United Kingdom, Portugal,