SURF Fellow Danielle Grainger ('17) uses qualitative methods to understand young adults and substance abuse.
Research and creative activity isn’t limited to theories, numerical data, charts, and proofs. Research has the power to create real change in the lives of others, contributing to activism, social movements, everyday health, and daily obstacles. Center for Undergraduate Excellence’s lauded summer program, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship provides an ample platform to begin working
Center for Undergraduate Excellence Grant Proposals due April 13th!
You have a question. You have an idea. You have a faculty mentor. You are ready to start your undergraduate research career! But what you may not have is the finances to make it happen. Center for Undergraduate Excellence wants to help! Undergraduate students at Chapman University have the opportunity to make their creative projects
Petit Fours and Presidential Persuasion: Erika Gibson ('17) talks food and history in her published research, "Frenchified"
Erika Gibson (’17), graduate of Chapman’s History department, and now War and Society’s Masters student, can be described as a time-traveling, historical archaeologist of sorts. Her undergraduate research career is extensive and impressive, including a number of fellowships, research expeditions from Boston to Austin, and even conferences that have taken her as far as Rome,
The Tide Turns at OURCA: New Director Julye Bidmead, PhD. takes the helm and announces big news!
Change is in the air here at Chapman University. With the Keck Center nearly standing in completion, acceptances rolling out to future panthers, and spring air sweeping through Atallah Plaza, it is no surprise that change has infiltrated the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity. Though we are saddened that Dr. Anna Leahy has
Axiomatization and partial algebras with Sarah Alexander ('18) and Nadiya Upegui ('18)
In the academic off-season, Chapman University welcomes motivated students across all disciplines to OURCA’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. While many students are tanning at the Southern California beaches, selected students, along with a faculty mentor, spend over 30 hours a week immersed in their proposed research project. Math majors Sarah Alexander (’18) and
Go SURFing with OURCA! Attend the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session on February 12th!
College summers aren’t for sleeping. As future innovators, academics, and professionals, Chapman University undergraduates are encouraged to use semester breaks wisely, pursuing opportunities to aide future development. But what student isn’t tired of countless thankless unpaid internships? Are you ready to take your academic experience into your own hands? Do you have an idea or
Center for Undergraduate Excellence is thrilled to announce the Fall 2017 Grant Recipients!
The Center for Undergraduate Excellence prides itself on the capacity to help fund student lead undergraduate academic and artistic inquiry via grant awards each semester here at Chapman University. These grant awards are intended to provide support for faculty-mentored but student conducted projects, by supplying necessary funds to purchase equipment or materials, cover rental or
Professor Anna Leahy, PhD. will be stepping down as OURCA Director
With bittersweet sentiments, OURCA announces that Professor Anna Leahy, PhD. will be stepping down as OURCA Director, effective at the start of Spring 2018. Though we are saddened to be losing her as a creative and innovative force at the helm of our offices, we share in her excitement as Dr. Leahy moves on to
Student Profile: Morgan Kindel ('19)
Most would agree that personal memories bear influence on our everyday behaviors and decisions. But what if the way we remember is impaired? Does the strength of episodic memory, the type of memory that is responsible for creating personal recollections of daily life events, relate to the manifestation of maladaptive choices? This is the crux
Papers and plane tickets: Chapman Students Visit Dublin for Undergraduate Awards
It isn’t every day that a homework assignment turns into a trip Dublin. For Chapman University students, Paige Gulley, Shannon Anarella, and Sarah Lemay, undergraduate coursework became a mark of international academic distinction. The Undergraduate Awards is the leading international undergraduate awards program that recognizes exemplary undergraduate work. This non-profit organization shares Chapman’s emphasis on