Recent News
Cal Poly Aims to Improve Health Equity Through New Institute
Sep 30, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A group of Cal Poly faculty members is aiming to create the Cal Poly Institute for Community Health Training and Research to work with community partners in mobilizing a social movement to improve community health and promote health equity in California and beyond.
Cal Poly Study Finds Changes in Bird Songs in San Francisco During COVID-19 Shutdown
Sep 24, 2020
White-crowned sparrows’ songs in the Bay Area were softer but led to better communication during the early days of the pandemic.
SAN LUIS OBISPO — When the roads emptied of traffic in March and April because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay Area residents reported hearing more birds. They were halfway right.
Cal Poly Establishes Center to Better Understand Cultural, Demographic Landscape of Central Coast
Sep 22, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A group of Cal Poly faculty members has established The Center for Applied Study of Place-based Indigeneity, Race and Ethnicity (ASPIRE) to further understand the cultural and demographic landscape of Cal Poly and the Central Coast, provide research-based support for historically underrepresented communities on the Central Coast, and support Cal Poly’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts through sustained positive impacts on the surrounding communities.
Cal Poly’s New College of Engineering Lab to Transform Lives Through Community-Focused Engineering and Computing
Sep 22, 2020
TECHE Lab Will Encourage Faculty, Students to Tackle Societal Challenges
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Leveraging Cal Poly’s unique Learn by Doing approach to have a wide impact, a new center created by the College of Engineering will pair students and faculty on engineering-driven projects that address challenges that people face in today’s world — from the individual to the societal — using engineering and computing expertise to improve the human experience.
Cal Poly Civil Engineering Senior Receives CSU Trustees’ Award
Sep 17, 2020
Thayara Almeida of Santa Cruz will receive a $6,000 scholarship
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A Cal Poly civil engineering student from Santa Cruz has received the 2020 California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement — CSU’s highest award for students.
Cal Poly’s California Cybersecurity Institute to Host Virtual Space & Cybersecurity Symposium October 5-8
Sep 15, 2020
Top state, federal and military leaders in the space and cybersecurity industry to address latest strategies for securing
commercial and space assets from state and non-state cyber opponents
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly will host leaders from academia, government and commercial agencies during an Oct. 5-8 virtual symposium to discuss the latest strategies to protect U.S. commercial and government space assets from cyber adversaries.
Cal Poly Earns 28th Consecutive Best in the West Ranking from U.S. News
Sep 15, 2020
University is again the West’s top public-masters. College of Engineering remains best public program in California and No. 8 in the U.S. Undergraduate teaching and veterans programs recognized
SAN LUIS OBISPO — For the 28th straight year, Cal Poly has been named the best public, master’s-level university in the West by U.S. News & World Report’s annual America’s Best Colleges guidebook.
The 2021 guide, released Sept. 14, provides data on more than 1,800 colleges and universities and rankings for more than 1,400 institutions. It lists Cal Poly in third overall in the West — up one from last year and an improvement of nine spots from 2019’s rankings.
In addition, several College of Engineering programs were ranked as the best in the nation among public educational institutions, and Cal Poly was ranked as the top western school for veterans among public and private institutions that participate in federal initiatives helping veterans and active-duty service members pay for their degrees.
Cal Poly Research Project Could Help Warn Beachgoers of Sharks in the Water Using Drones and Artificial Intelligence
Sep 10, 2020
Interdisciplinary team of students is developing computer algorithms to review video footage
and alert lifeguards to the presence of sharks — to protect people and sharks
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A Cal Poly research project that combines drone surveillance and artificial intelligence could one day help lifeguards warn beachgoers about sharks in the water.
Cal Poly CIE to Host Virtual Demo Day Entrepreneur Event on Sept. 18
Sep 9, 2020
Eight startups that participated in this year’s HotHouse Summer Accelerator program will showcase their businesses to the community
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) will host its annual Demo Day that will showcase eight startups in a virtual event Friday, Sept.18
Cal Poly Study Shows Promise of Central Coast Offshore Wind Energy
Sep 8, 2020
Offshore wind peaks in the evening when power demands are greatest and other renewable energy sources are less available
SAN LUIS OBISPO — As California aims to provide 60% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and 100% by 2045, a Cal Poly study provides some good news: Offshore winds along the Central Coast increase at the same time that people start using more energy — in the evening.