As part of the inauguration week for Chapman University’s fourteenth president, Matt Parlow, the university hosted a series of events designed to highlight its priorities by showcasing student talent...
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Panthers Connect with President Parlow During 2025 Chapman Homecoming Weekend
To kick off Inauguration Week, President Matt Parlow joined students, alumni, families, and community members throughout the 2025 Chapman Family Homecoming weekend, celebrating connection, tradition, and...
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Nadia Murad Shares Message of Resilience and Hope at Chapman University’s Inauguration Event Series
Chapman University students, faculty members and esteemed guests filled the Musco Center for the Arts on Monday night for a special evening with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Chapman University Presidential...
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Memories in the Making: Chapman Family Homecoming 2025
Chapman Family Homecoming 2025 welcomed students, alumni, parents, and friends to campus for two days of Panther pride, learning, and connection on Oct. 3–4. Highlights included faculty-led master classes...
Driving Forward.
Shaping Our Future.
Our strength is our commitment to progress. We are true to our mission of personalized education, no matter the challenges. This is where teaching and research intersect. Where students can be deeply involved. Where global citizens prepare to take their place as the leaders of
tomorrow and make a difference.
LEADERSHIP WITH VISION RESEARCH WITH IMPACT BUILDING WITH PURPOSE STRATEGIC LEGACY
A History of Forward Momentum.
Breaking ground and building up are in Chapman’s DNA.
Research with Impact.
In the classroom and beyond, Chapman researchers work across disciplines to improve health, create knowledge and enhance the human experience.
“We continue on a trajectory and transformation unlike any other in the country. Chapman leaders are committed to being more than the knowledge we discover and impart, but to creating a place that inspires the next generation of leaders.”
– Daniele C. Struppa
Chapman Researchers advance the fight against antibiotic resistance
Chapman researchers work to add antibiotic options as they combat the global threat of drug-resistant bacteria.
2019
In 2019 the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education elevated Chapman to R2 status.
Covid-19
With support from a Kay Family Foundation grant, researchers from Chapman’s Center for Excellence in Biopsychosocial Approaches to Health conducted a large-scale study of COVID-19’s mental health impacts, including how minorities experienced prejudice because of perceived connections to the virus.
23 Million
In the last four years, Chapman research funding has grown two and one-half times, rising to $23M in 2020.
Researchers turn big data into huge impact for children with autism spectrum disorder
Through data analysis, scientists document a link between intensity of clinical intervention and developmental progress by young people who are on the autism spectrum.
When elementary schools closed, Attallah College of Educational Studies created the Chapman U Math at Play Video Series, providing parents a much-needed source of hands-on math fun.
Frances Smith Center for Individual and Family Therapy provides free telehealth counseling sessions to the community.
A Chapman University School of Pharmacy researcher is part of a team developing a strategy that may lead to new drug therapies to treat malignant melanoma.
RENOWNED FILMMAKER EXPLORES THE ROOTS OF A CULTURAL DIVIDE
IN ‘HILLBILLY’
Documentarian Sally Rubin trains her lens on the shallow stereotypes of a misunderstood region, revealing the tension among the disenfranchised.
“The best science happens when diverse individuals are supported, included and empowered to share their voices as a part of scientific discovery.” Michael Ibba, Ph.D., dean of Schmid College of Science and Technology.
Launched the university-funded Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity program to correct gaps in knowledge related to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Professor of education and disability studies scholar Dr. Audri Gomez received funding for her work from Children’s Hospital of Orange County and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
INTERPRETING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
A graphic illustrator applies artistic insights to disaster evacuation maps. A visual artist looks to the cosmos to celebrate women astronomers. Both help us find our way in worlds of change.
The ongoing multi-year, empirical “Study of American Fears” became a book, “Fear Itself: The Cause and Consequences of Fear in America” (NYU Press) by Chapman Professors Ann Gordon, Chris Bader and Lemuel Day.
