[16] Between 2000 and 2010, Chapman University expanded to include the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Leatherby Libraries, Fish Interfaith Center, the Erin J. Anderson Athletics Complex, the Schmid College of Science and Technology, and the Argyros School's Economic Science Institute led by Vernon L.

[16] The Rinker Health Science Campus opened in Irvine, CA in 2013, becoming the home for the School of Pharmacy.

[17] In 2019, President Daniele C. Struppa refused to take down two The Birth of a Nation posters[18] at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

Struppa outlined his reasons in an opinion piece called, "Why I won't take down the original 'The Birth of a Nation' poster.

"[19] Black students at Chapman voiced opposition to Struppa's decision,[20] and peaceful protests were organized on campus.

A Chapman alumnus, Argyros chaired the university's board of trustees from 1976 to 2001, and has made significant donations toward increasing the business school's ranking and resources.

[25] In 2019, Argyros College commemorated the 20th anniversary of the school's renaming with a fundraiser dinner featuring President George W.

[citation needed] In 2023, Argyros was ranked the #60 business school in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

[33] The Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics is a program whose scope includes original research, scholarship, and the publication of several scholarly journals.

[36] The college is also home to various centers and programs for community engagement and research, including the Centro Comunitario de Educación,[37] Paulo Freire Democratic Project (PFDP),[38] and Thompson Policy Institute on Disability and Autism.

Attallah College is located in Chapman's Reeves Hall, one of the first buildings constructed on the site in 1913.

[citation needed] Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is the largest college at Chapman University and is composed of the departments of art, English, history, world languages and cultures, peace studies, philosophy, political science, religious studies, and sociology.

[citation needed] The Chapman University School of Law is located in Kennedy Hall.

[44] The school is located in Chapman's Swenson Hall of Engineering, which comprises classrooms, study spaces, research labs, and makerspaces.

Schmid College is also affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies, whose list of physicists includes a 2013 Nobel Prize recipient and a 2010 Presidential Medal of Honor winner.

ft. Keck Center for Science and Engineering in 2018, on Chapman's main campus in Orange, California.

[48] The Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) is located at the Rinker Campus in Irvine.

The School of Communication is located on the university's main campus and housed within Doti Hall.

The reclassification was due to Chapman's elevation to R2 status by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education in recognition of its high research activity.

It sponsors an annual Holocaust remembrance writing competition and hosts a regular Distinguished Lecture series.

The university is a member of the Division III (non-scholarship) level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA),[5] primarily competing in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) since the 2011–12 academic year; which they were a member on a previous stint from 1950–51 to 1951–52.

Chapman competes in 21 intercollegiate varsity sports (10 men's and 11 women's): Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and water polo; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo.

[65] The 2019 men's baseball team defeated Birmingham-Southern College to become the DIII NCAA National Champions.

CSBN is a student-run, student-produced independent sports network created by students at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.