Recent News
Media Advisory — Ag Showcase Career Fair Set for Jan. 16-17 at Cal Poly
Jan 15, 2020
What: Cal Poly’s Agribusiness Management and National Agri-Marketing Association Club will host its annual Ag Showcase — the largest career fair in the university’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences — on Jan. 16-17. The event features 100 companies spanning the agricultural industry — including such areas as produce, animal pharmaceuticals, and floral and herbicides/pesticides. More than 500 students are expected, seeking jobs and summer internships in this event that is described as “more than a career fair.”
Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band to Perform in Chinese New Year Parade on Feb. 8 in San Francisco
Jan 15, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band has been invited to participate for the sixth time in the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday, Feb. 8, in San Francisco.
The Mustang Marching Band performed for the Chinese New Year Parade for the first time in 2014 and was among 15 marching bands that participated. The band has been awarded first place in the adult marching bands category at each appearance.
Cal Poly to Present Free ‘Night of Chamber Music’ on Feb. 7
Jan 15, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Several of Cal Poly’s finest student music ensembles will perform traditional and contemporary chamber music at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at San Luis Obispo United Methodist Church.
“A Night of Chamber Music” will feature performances by a brass quintet, woodwind quintet, saxophone quartet, a large clarinet ensemble, a brass choir and a jazz combo. This annual event, formerly called “Night at the Mission,” has long been a favorite of student performers and audiences alike.
Cal Poly to Present ‘Change the Subject’ Documentary, Discussion on Feb. 4
Jan 15, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly Kennedy Library invites community members to a screening of the documentary “Change the Subject” from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 4, in the Spanos Theatre at Cal Poly. Dartmouth College student activists and librarian Jill Baron, who are featured in the documentary, will hold a panel discussion after the screening.
Cal Poly to Host 2020 International Graphic Communication Week Jan. 21-24
Jan 14, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department will host International Graphic Communication Week from Tuesday through Friday, Jan. 21-24, in San Luis Obispo, California.
Cal Poly Recognized Among Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs for 2020
Jan 14, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO –– Cal Poly has been named one of the Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs for the third time by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The university earned the distinction in 2017 and 2019.
Cal Poly Students Selected to Help NASA Find Ways to Drill for Water on Mars and the Moon
Jan 10, 2020
NASA hopes to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, but longer missions need water that can be extracted from lunar and Martian ice
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A team of Cal Poly mechanical engineering students has been chosen to participate in NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge, which aims to further the space agency’s goal of prolonged space missions.
Cal Poly Racing Team Students Win Trip to Tour Maserati Innovation Lab in Italy
Jan 9, 2020
Engineering seniors are the first Americans to take top honors at Virtual Formula competition for electric race cars
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Two Cal Poly engineering students recently toured Maserati’s new Innovation Lab in Italy after becoming the first Americans to win the VI-grade Virtual Formula competition for electric race cars.
Cal Poly Architecture Students’ Work on Rebuilding in Paradise Now Accessible Online
Jan 9, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO — During fall quarter, Cal Poly students in Lecturer Kent Macdonald’s third-year architectural design studio worked on projects to reconceive the fire-ravaged town of Paradise, California. The students’ work now has been uploaded to Cal Poly’s Digital Commons, the university’s institutional repository, making it accessible to individuals and communities around the world.
Cal Poly to Host Anti-Human Trafficking Summit Jan. 26-28
Jan 9, 2020
Event will include community panel, resource fair, and law enforcement training
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly’s California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) will host an anti-human trafficking summit Jan. 26-28 on campus, including a community panel and resource fair, student project showcase, a documentary film and talk with a human trafficking survivor, and training sessions for law enforcement.