Interning at the Leonardo Museum
Art major Roxanne Sharif recently interned as a floor facilitator at the Leonardo Museum located in downtown Salt Lake City where she spent most of her days talking to visitors from all parts of the world about concepts that relate to art, science, and technology. The museum’s mission is to educate the local and
Art Students Participate in LA Exhibition
In March and April 2013, several Chapman art students had the opportunity to volunteer at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, to help prepare a major retrospective exhibition by internationally renowned Swiss artist Urs Fischer. Art Students Dylan Trumbull (’14), Jennifer Seo (’14), Julie Russo (’14), Kristi Underwood (’13), and Jessica
GOOD Foundation will award $100,000 to the highest voted project - Vote today!
Art Professor David Burns needs your vote to make his new project a reality. GOOD Foundation will award $100,000 to the highest voted project. ABOUT THE PROJECT: Endless Orchard is a traditional grid of fruit trees amplified by mirrors, creating an illusion of endless fruit trees from various angles. The flashy technology of spectacle contrasts
Chapman Commencement
Only 38 days till Commencement at Chapman University! Graduating Seniors: Have you completed the 5 Steps to Participate in Commencement? Visit the Commencement website for more information.
Faculty Keeping busy
Doug Sweet, Director of Undergraduate Writing, delivered a paper entitled “The Mediate Social Ideology of Convenience and Efficiency” at a recent conference. The conference was “Countering Contingency: Teaching, Scholarship, and Creativity in the Age of the Adjunct,” held at the United Steelworker’s International Headquarters in Pittsburgh, April 5-7. Communication Studies Associate Professor Jennifer Waldeck’s study,
History Professor accepted to three-week program at the University of Hawaii East
History Professor Alexander Bay recently published a book titled, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of National Disease with University of Rochester Press. The book is about modern Japan, beriberi (or thiamin deficiency) becoming a public health problem that cuts across all social boundaries, afflicting even the Meiji Emperor. Read more …
Tickets for ‘Conversations with Elie Wiesel’ available now
Free ticket reservations for April’s “Conversations with Elie Wiesel” events are available now. To reserve seating for any of the four conversations scheduled for Monday, April 15, through Thursday, April 18, visit the online ticketing website. Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, bestselling author, Holocaust survivor and global leader in human rights advocacy –
John Fowles Center Presents, Karen Yamashita, April 15
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum continues on Monday, April 15 , 2013 with author Karen Yamashita. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room in the Leatherby Libraries. Admission is free and this event is open to the public. About Karen Yamashita: Karen Tei Yamashita
Does the White House have too much power? Dr. Cox Han explains
Political Science Professor Lori Cox Han recently had an article published in Zocalo Public Square answering the question Whether the White House Has Too Much Power—Or Too Little … read what she had to say! A little about Dr. Cox Han - Her most recent books include Presidents and the American Presidency (Oxford, 2013),
Author Greg Dawson to be featured speaker at Evening of Holocaust Remembrance
Journalist Greg Dawson, author of the book Just Live!: My Mother’s Story, will be the featured speaker at An Evening of Holocaust Remembrance Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Dawson’s book recounts how Zhanna Arshanskyaya Dawson used her brilliant piano skills to survive the horrors of World War II and the Nazi