Cal Poly News Releases
2022 News Releases
October 2022
10/3/22 Cal Poly Wins $700,000 Federal Grant to Study the Social Impacts of AI Kitchens and Robot Cooks
10/1/22 Cal Poly, Madden Family Announce Plans for John Madden Football Center
September 2022
9/29/22 Cal Poly Vice President Keith Humphrey Named Aspen Institute Senior Impact Fellow
9/29/22 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit ‘Mixtape’ by Collective of Los Angeles-Based Artists
9/28/22 Cal Poly Receives $2.89 Million Grant for Undergraduate Regenerative Medicine Program
9/22/22 Cal Poly Music Faculty Showcase Set for Oct. 21 During Mustang Family Weekend
9/22/22 Cal Poly Music Department to Host andPlay duo for ‘Collaborating with Technology’ Presentation on Oct. 20
9/21/22 Cal Poly Study on Mothers’ Mobile Device Use and Infant Development During First-Year Postpartum Receives $2.7M Grant
9/19/22 Cal Poly Adds Two Outdoor Community Spaces to Enhance Campus Experience
9/16/22 Cal Poly Rose Float Reveals its 2023 Float Design: The Road to Reclamation
9/14/22 Two Cal Poly Students Awarded Pre-Doctoral Fellowships Aimed at Preparing Future CSU Faculty Members
9/14/22 Cal Poly Extends Mustang Shuttle Hours
9/13/22 Cal Poly to Debut Outdoor ‘Generosity’ Mural with Artist’s Talk, Ribbon-Cutting Sept. 30
9/13/22 Cal Poly Plans Sept. 29 Grand Re-Opening of Renovated, Renamed Cal Poly Book Store
9/12/22 Cal Poly Earns 30th Consecutive Best in the West Ranking in U.S. News and World Report
9/12/22 Cal Poly Public Health Student to Receive CSU Trustees’ Award and $7,000 Scholarship
9/12/22 Cal Poly Wins First-Ever Grant on Space Cybersecurity from US National Science Foundation
9/06/22 Cal Poly’s Upward Bound Program Awarded New Five-Year Federal Grant
9/06/22 Cal Poly Director of Jazz Studies and Guests to Give Recital Oct. 6 on Campus
August 2022
8/31/22 Cal Poly CIE to Host Demo Day Entrepreneur Event on Sept. 13
8/26/22 Cal Poly Music Department Announces 2022-23 Events Season
8/24/22 Cal Poly Center for Health Research Receives $5.6 Million National Institute of Health Grant
8/16/22 New Eco-Friendly Glue Designed by Cal Poly Chemistry Lab Leads to Public-Private Partnership
8/15/22 Cal Poly Campus Dining to Host Job Fair Aug. 20 to Fill More Than 40 Positions
8/12/22 Congressman Salud Carbajal Celebrates Educational Partnership with Air Force Research Lab and Cal Poly
8/01/22 Cal Poly’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Awarded Over $39 Million in State Funding to Aid in Building Long-Term Growth in Food, Forestry and Agriculture Sectors
July 2022
7/25/22 Cal Poly Launches Green Office Certification
7/25/22 Cal Poly School of Education Awarded $21,000 Grant for Developing Curriculum, Teacher Training to Support Children with Dyslexia
7/14/22 Cal Poly History Student Accepted to Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program
7/08/22 Cal Poly Professors Say State Law Mandating Plastic Packaging Be Recyclable Could Promote Positive Sustainable Innovation — But Plastic Isn’t Always Bad, or the Most Damaging
June 2022
6/24/22 Cal Poly Ventures Announces Series A Investment in Mazen Animal Health
6/23/22 Cal Poly Professor: Interest Rate, Raised to Combat Inflation, Could Eventually Lower Housing Prices but Initially Will Make Housing Even More Unaffordable to Americans Now Unable to Buy
6/15/22 Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Team Makes History with Sixth National Title
6/15/22 Cal Poly Funds 14 Faculty Research Projects
6/15/22 Cal Poly Police Department Report Alcohol Enforcement Program Results in 2021-22
6/14/22 Cal Poly College of Engineering Receives Transformational Gift to Create The Noyce School of Applied Computing
6/9/22 Cal Poly to Host CSUs Summer Algebra Institute for Local Students June 13-July 15
6/7/22 Six Outstanding Cal Poly Graduates Ready to Embrace a Future Shaped from Learn by Doing
6/2/22 Cal Poly Spring 2022 Commencement Set for June 11-12
May 2022
5/19/22 Four Cal Poly Students Recognized at CSU Student Research Competition
5/19/22 Cal Poly Campus Dining Wins Silver Award in National Food Service Competition
5/19/22 Cal Poly Rodeo Team Advances to the National Finals
5/17/22 Cal Poly University Art and Design Department to Exhibit the 2022 BFA Senior Showcase
5/16/22 Cal Poly to Host Job Fair and Hiring Event May 21 to Fill More Than 65 Positions
5/9/22 Cal Poly Journalism Department Granted Full Accreditation Status
5/5/22 Cal Poly Symphony and Choirs to Perform Groundbreaking Works from Early 20th Century on June 5
5/5/22 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble and Zaryab Ensemble to Perform Concert on June 4
5/3/22 Cal Poly’s ‘RSVP XXVII: Multimedia Showcase’ Set for May 31 and June 2
5/2/22 Cal Poly Students’ Sustainable Packaging Design for San Luis Obispo Business Wins First Place in National Competition
April 2022
4/28/22 Cal Poly Students Design Innovative Technology Solution to Make School Buildings in Developing Countries Safer in Collaboration with the World Bank
4/27/22 Cal Poly Students Studying Effects of Climate Change Earn Prestigious Research Fellowships
4/27/22 Cal Poly Corporation Holds Open Call for Public Art for Via Carta Mural Project
4/27/22 Cal Poly Wind Bands’ Season Finale Concert ‘Sounds of Color’ Set for May 27
4/27/22 Cal Poly Spring Jazz Concert on May 28 to Celebrate New Single
4/26/22 Cal Poly to Open New Latinx Center in Fall 2022
4/26/22 Cal Poly Finance Team Advances in Global Competition with Analysis of PayPal Stock Outlook
4/25/22 Cal Poly’s Leaning Pine Arboretum Receives $1 Million Donation for Upgrades and Improved Programming
4/25/22 Cal Poly Animal Science Students Advance to National Competition with First-Place Win
4/21/22 Cal Poly Campus Dining Joins Plant-Based ‘Grate-Ful’ Event on April 27 to Raise Sustainability Awareness
4/20/22 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival Features May 1 Showing of ‘La Perla,” Starring Famous Cal Poly Alumnus
4/14/22 Cal Poly Named a Top Producer of 2021-22 Fulbright U.S. Scholars
4/14/22 Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Beethoven Sonatas May 13 at Cal Poly
4/13/22 Annual CSU Student Research Competition to Include 10 Student Projects from Cal Poly
4/13/22 Cal Poly Physics Faculty and Students Take Part in New Study That Reveals Progress on Unlocking Mystery of Neutrino Particles
4/11/22 Cal Poly Choirs to Perform on May 12 with Chanticleer
4/11/22 Cal Poly Women’s Chorus and Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble to Present ‘Slavic Sounds’ Concert on May 7
4/7/22 Cal Poly Awarded California 100 Grant to Evaluate Future of Agriculture and Food Systems in the State
4/4/22 Cal Poly Safer Program Commemorates 25th Anniversary in April
March 2022
3/29/22 Cal Poly to Present ‘Addressing Racism and Diversity in Music Institutions’ Webinar on April 28
3/29/22 Cal Poly Awards Over $108,000 in Grants for Student Research Projects
3/24/22 Cal Poly Finance Team Wins Opening Stage of Global Research Challenge
3/22/22 Cal Poly’s College of Engineering Dean Elected to National Deans Council Committee
3/21/22 Cal Poly’s Strategic Business Services Earns Achievement of Excellence Award
3/16/22 Annual Tomato Spectacular Plant Sale to Be Held Two Consecutive Weekends in April at Cal Poly
3/14/22 Cal Poly Decreases Recycling Contamination with Help from CalRecycle Grant
3/9/22 Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre to Present ‘Contemporary Musical Theater Songs’ on April 9
3/9/22 Cal Poly Music Department to Present Open House Recital on April 9
3/7/22 Cal Poly Team Wins First at National Grocers Association Student Case Study Competition
3/3/22 Game-Changing CubeSats, Co-Founded at Cal Poly, Inducted into Space Technology Hall of Fame
February 2022
2/24/22 NASA Scientist to Discuss Journey of James Webb Space Telescope on March 3 at Cal Poly
2/22/22 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit Manga Artwork by ‘Odunze Oguguo’ Feb. 24-March 18
2/17/22 Cal Poly Choirs to Perform Concert Titled ‘To the Hands’ on March 12
2/17/22 Cal Poly Symphony to Feature Student Soloists and Music of Mexico at March 11 Concert
2/16/22 Cal Poly Logging Team Takes First Place in Timbersports Competition
2/15/22 Cal Poly to Host 20th Change the Status Quo Conference Feb. 26
2/14/22 2022 Poly Royal Rodeo Celebrates 80 Years of History at Cal Poly
2/9/22 Two Cal Poly Studies Reveal Strategies to Keep the Pounds Off
2/8/22 SLO High Advances to State Robotics Finals at Cal Poly-Hosted VEX ‘Tipping Point’ Tournament
2/7/22 Cal Poly Earns Fifth ‘Most Promising Place to Work in Student Affairs’ Honor
2/2/22 Cal Poly Wind Bands Concert to Feature Percussionist John Astaire on Feb. 26
2/2/22 Cal Poly College of Liberal Arts to Host Sixth Annual Social Justice Teach In Feb. 17
2/2/22 Cal Poly Extends Mustang Shuttle Hours to Improve Service and Access Around Campus
2/2/22 Cal Poly Rose Float Seeks Design Ideas for 2023 Rose Parade Entry
January 2022
1/26/22Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble and Chookasian Armenian Folk Ensemble to Perform Concert on Feb. 19
1/26/22 Cal Poly Winter Jazz Concert on Feb. 18 to Feature Guitarist Pat Kelley and Cuesta Jazz Ensemble
1/25/22 Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub Collaborates with San Luis Obispo County on Launch of Web App to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths
1/24/22 Cal Poly Vice President for Student Affairs Receives CSU’s Wang Family Excellence Award
1/21/22 Cal Poly to Implement Inaugural #CaliforniansForAll College Corps Program
1/20/22 New Safety App ‘Rave Guardian’ Available to Cal Poly Students and Employees
1/20/22 Cal Poly to Again Provide Free Tax Preparation for Underserved Communities
1/18/22 Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band to Perform in Chinese New Year Parade on Feb. 19 in San Francisco
1/4/22 Cal Poly to Exhibit a Curated Selection of Artifacts by Renowned Architect Julia Morgan
1/4/22 Cal Poly Vice President for Student Affairs Named Board Chair of Local Medical Center
1/1/22 Cal Poly Float Wins Animation Award at 2022 Rose Parade®
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