Recent News
Cal Poly History Professor Earns International Book Prize
Feb 12, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly History Professor Molly Loberg was recently awarded the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize for her book titled “The Struggle for the Streets of Berlin: Politics, Consumption, and Urban Space, 1914-1945.”
Cal Poly’s Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show to Celebrate 36 Years Feb. 14-16
Feb 12, 2020
More than 100 Cal Poly Students Will Host the Show at the Paso Robles Event Center
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly’s Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show — the largest student-run exhibition of its kind on the West Coast — will be held Feb. 14-16 at the Paso Robles Event Center.
Cal Poly Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy’s Reporters Project Receives New Support to Build Statehouse Coverage System
Feb 12, 2020
Multidisciplinary collaboration between Cal Poly and University of Miami will use $200,000 Knight Foundation grant to create AI-driven wire service to expand coverage of state governments
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A $200,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is helping the Cal Poly Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy develop an artificial intelligence system that will strengthen news coverage of state and local governments.
Cal Poly’s Change the Status Quo Conference to Feature Angela Davis Feb. 29
Feb 12, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO –– Political and social activist, scholar, author, educator and National Women’s Hall of Fame honoree Angela Davis will deliver the keynote address at Cal Poly’s 18th annual Change the Status Quo: Social Justice Leadership Conference on Saturday, Feb. 29.
Duo Montagnard to Give a Free Recital March 3 at Cal Poly
Feb 11, 2020
Performance to Include Composition by Music Department Faculty Member
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Music Department will present a recital by Duo Montagnard at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in Room 218 in the Davidson Music Center (No. 45) on campus.
Cal Poly Students Use Technology to Fight Human Trafficking
Feb 11, 2020
University’s California Cybersecurity Institute Launches Trafficking Investigations Hub to Offer Training, Resources and Research
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly senior Zahnae Aquino pulled a virtual-reality headset over her eyes and her office in the university’s California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) melted away. Clutching a pair of controllers, she moved through rooms in a virtual massage business, searching for clues to determine whether the business was operating legally or was one of an estimated 9,000 illicit massage businesses across the U.S., according to nonprofit organization Polaris.
Flutist Suzanne Duffy to Perform at March 8 Cal Poly Wind Bands Concert
Feb 10, 2020
Music Professor Antonio G. Barata’s Composition to Premiere
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly’s Winter Wind Bands Concert will feature the 50-member Wind Ensemble and 55-member Wind Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, in Miossi Hall of the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.
Cal Poly Symphony to Feature Student Soloists, ‘The Moldau’ and ‘Finlandia’ at March 1 Concert
Feb 10, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Symphony’s Winter Concert will showcase the talents of student soloists at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in Miossi Hall in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.
Cal Poly Celebrates Six Patents for Research in 2018-19
Feb 5, 2020
It’s the largest number that university researchers have been awarded in a single academic year
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly faculty researchers received a record six patents last academic, year for a range of concepts including medical devices, construction and packaging materials, and a device that has the potential to bring light and electricity to people living off-grid in developing nations.
Cal Poly, City Collaboration Leads to Record Low Noise Complaints and Citations
Feb 5, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO –– San Luis Obispo residents continue to see positive results from shared efforts by the city and Cal Poly to reduce neighborhood issues near the campus, including noise complaints and citations.