Category - University News

Potamkin Family’s Gift Propels Campaign for Healthy Return to Campus Million Dollar Challenge will help pay for PPE, testing, technology and financial assistance.

When Lexie and Robert Potamkin saw a chance to back the work of Chapman University’s Brain Institute, they didn’t hesitate. The Chapman parents have a heart for brain research, as evidenced by the Potamkin Prize, which...

June 26, 2020

Dennis Arp

Provost Glenn Pfeiffer is shown out front of Memorial Hall.

Glenn Pfeiffer to Retire as Provost in June 2021 After a five-year tenure marked by many achievements, Pfeiffer will take a yearlong sabbatical and then return to his faculty role in the Argyros School of Business and Economics.

Chapman University President Daniele C. Struppa made the following announcement on June 17: After serving for five years, fulfilling the commitment he made to our institution when I became president, Glenn Pfeiffer has...

June 17, 2020

Environmental portrait of Angelica Allen, professor of Africana Studies.

Angelica Allen Brings Global Understanding to New Africana Studies Minor Professor envisions a program that captures "Blackness in all of its complexity and diversity."

Angelica Allen envisions a program that captures "Blackness in all of its complexity and diversity."

June 16, 2020

Dennis Arp

Chapman University Announces Strategic Partnership Between UMass Online and Brandman University

June 16, 2020

Provost Announces New Role to Support Diversity and Inclusion Provost Glenn Pfeiffer shared the following announcement with the campus community on Tuesday, June 9.

As many of you know, we have recently had a vacancy in the role of Director of Diversity and Inclusion. While a great deal of good work has been done through that position, with every vacancy comes an opportunity to...

June 9, 2020

Chapman Outlines Plans to Enhance Diversity and Move University Forward "It's time for action and results," says President Daniele C. Struppa.

"It's time for action and results," says President Daniele C. Struppa.

June 8, 2020

We Believe That Black Lives Matter: Chapman Planning a Way Forward In wake of George Floyd death, the university strives for lasting change.

Recent events have left our nation, our neighborhoods and the campus community reeling with grief and pain. We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many other black Americans killed by...

June 3, 2020

“Vigil for Victims of Violence and Racism” Will Sound Call to Action This special online event for the Chapman community will be held Friday, June 5.

Across the country and around the world, people are taking to the streets in anguish and mourning. As the protests continue, I join in the feeling of outrage for the horrific killing of George Floyd.

June 2, 2020

Chapman to Host ‘Turning Anguish to Purpose: The Path Forward’