The item in the display case caught Mitchell Raff ’s attention the moment he saw it. The wallet, aged and battered, with Hebrew writing on it, had clearly been made from a Torah. One of the many ways Nazis desecrated...
I was born and raised in the border city of Chula Vista, where every other person and restaurant is Mexican, and every other word switches from Spanish to English. I came to Chapman University to pursue a degree in...
After 18 frenetic months documenting Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Drew Heskett ’14 barely had time to catch his breath before opening the door to a new opportunity – as official White House videographer. The...
It was the late ’60s, and 10 college students wanted to challenge the racist norms they saw all around them. At the heart of their activism was a powerful declaration – one they were moved to place squarely on the...
In 1983, what started as an ordinary day for Cheryl Hisatomi McNabb ’84 became something much more after a trip into the basement of the old Chapman College library. McNabb, a chemistry major, was working on a research...
Though the first presidential debate of the 2020 election was contentious, the dialogue was respectful and engaging during a post-debate discussion organized by Chapman University Civic Engagement Initiatives and the...
September is always special to Jimmie C. Gardner. In 2016, that was the month when charges leading to his wrongful conviction and a legal nightmare lasting nearly 30 years were finally dismissed. This year the...
Marisa Quezada ’22 was scrolling through her Instagram feed when a post about racism in her community’s schools caught her eye. It was a survey asking community members to share their stories about racism on...
Scholars of the 1918 influenza outbreak see parallels with the current health crisis, but they caution against the presumption that nothing will ever be the same.
Angelica Allen envisions a program that captures "Blackness in all of its complexity and diversity."
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