Cal Poly News Releases

December 2017

12/21/17 Cal Poly Assistant Professor Takes on Vexing Global Problem of Dying Forests
12/20/17 Cal Poly Emergency Management Director Graduates from FEMA Executive Academy
12/19/17 Cal Poly Honors Faculty, Staff for $32 Million in Research Grant Spending in 2016-17
12/18/17 Cal Poly to Present Bach Week Jan. 16-20
12/18/17 Cal Poly Art and Design Professor to Discuss 'Lives Well Lived' Jan. 19
12/15/17 Cal Poly Fall 2018 Enrollment Applications Top 65,000 to Set Another School Record
12/15/17 Cal Poly Student Affairs Staff Members Recognized by Industry Peers
12/12/17 Cal Poly Named a 2017 Bicycle Friendly University by League of American Bicyclists
12/12/17 Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Benefit Recital Jan. 12 at Cal Poly
12/11/17 Cal Poly Employees Donate More Than 400 Toys to Jack's Helping Hand
12/04/17 Cal Poly Seeks Entries for First Ever Central California Angel Conference
12/01/17 Cal Poly Professor Named One of the World’s Most Impactful Scientific Researchers
12/01/17 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Place Second in International Competition

November 2017

11/28/17 Cal Poly Annual Poinsettia Sale to Start Dec. 1
11/17/17 Cal Poly Honors Students Provide a Fall Bounty to GleanSLO
11/17/17 Cal Poly Fall 2017 Commencement Set for Dec. 9
11/13/17 Cal Poly Campus Sustainability Efforts Recognized by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
11/09/17 Cal Poly Wins First Place at Timber Sports Competition
11/08/17 Cal Poly Unveils Interactive E-book Version of ‘More than a Motto’
11/03/17 Cal Poly Symphony Opens Season with ‘Music from the New World’ on Dec. 3
11/03/17 Cal Poly Choirs to Present ‘Holiday Kaleidoscope’ Dec. 2
11/01/17 Cal Poly Fall Jazz Concert Set for Dec. 1
11/01/17 Cal Poly Student Radio Station KCPR Ranked First by Great Value Colleges

October 2017

10/30/17 Cal Poly to Host Girl Scouts in Cybersecurity and Internet Safety Course with the California Cyber Training Complex
10/30/17 Cal Poly to Host Entrepreneurship Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility on Nov. 8
10/30/17 Cal Poly in Running for Best Campus Blended Burger in U.S., Voters Could Win $1,000
10/27/17 Cal Poly to Host Timber Sports Competition Nov. 4
10/25/17 Cal Poly to Host Talk with William P. Seeley on Nov. 2
10/24/17 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit Video Projections by Casey Reas Nov. 2 to Dec. 1
10/24/17 Cal Poly City and Regional Planning Students Receive 2017 California State Academic Award of Excellence
10/24/17 Cal Poly Dean Appointed to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture
10/23/17 Cal Poly Mathematics Professor Named Teaching Innovator by Chronicle of Higher Education
10/20/17 Beekeeping Experts to Speak on Honey Bee Sustainability Nov. 1 and 8 at Cal Poly
10/20/17 Cal Poly Architecture Students to Exhibit Furniture Designs in 14th Annual Show Nov. 3-4
10/20/17 Cal Poly Pier in Avila Beach Will Open for Public Tours on Oct. 28
10/19/17 Cal Poly Launches World’s First University-Based Cloud Innovation Center Powered by Amazon Web Services
10/17/17 Cal Poly CIE's SLO HotHouse Incubator Program Graduates Six Startup Companies
10/12/17 Cal Poly Bands Begin Season of ‘Earth and Sky’ at Bandfest Concert Nov. 12
10/12/17 Cal Poly Teams Place in National Student Packaging Design Competition
10/03/17 Cal Poly Accounting Club Raises $5,400 for Jack’s Helping Hand
10/03/17 Cal Poly Ethnic Studies and Sociology Student Receives CSU Trustees’ Award
10/03/17 Cal Poly Begins Construction on 4.5 Megawatt (AC) Solar Farm
10/03/17 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Feature Iranian Music with Guest Artists Nov. 4
10/02/17 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department to Present ‘4000 Miles’ Nov. 2-4, 9-11

September 2017

09/27/17 Cal Poly Architecture and Landscape Architecture Programs Place High in 2018 DesignIntelligence Survey National Rankings
09/27/17 Cal Poly Will Present ‘An Evening with Captain ‘Sully’ Sullenberger’ Nov. 30
09/27/17 Cal Poly Research Team Heading to Antarctica to Study Seal Pups
09/27/17 Cal Poly Choirs’ 2017-18 Season Kicks Off on Oct. 28 with ‘Reflections on Life and Love’
09/27/17 Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize Winner Robert Hass to Speak Oct. 27 at Cal Poly
09/27/17 Cal Poly to Host Oct. 25 Talk on Prehistoric Contact Between South America and Polynesia
09/22/17 Cal Poly's Baker Center Wins Prestigious 2017 Livable Buildings Award
09/22/17 Cal Poly's Dairy Judging Team Takes First Place at National Competition
09/18/17 Cal Poly to Celebrate 20 Years of CultureFest on Oct. 14
09/13/17 Cal Poly Named Best in the West by U.S. News for 25th Straight Year
09/11/17 NASA Scientist to Speak at Cal Poly Following End of Cassini Mission
09/08/17 Cal Poly Professors Awarded $140,000 USDA Grant to Teach Environmental Science Communication
09/07/17 Cal Poly Strawberry Center Among Researchers Named in $4.5 Million Grant
09/06/17 Cal Poly Art Gallery to Exhibit Stössinger’s ‘Type Design’ Sept. 22 to Oct. 20
09/01/17 Cal Poly’s 2017 Week of Welcome Set for Sept. 10-17

August 2017

08/30/17 Arnab Chakrabarty and Sanju Sahai to Perform North Indian Classical Music Sept. 18 at Cal Poly
08/24/17 Cal Poly Music Department Announces 2017-18 Events
08/22/17 Cal Poly to Host Climate Action Planning Conference Aug. 24-25
08/21/17 Cal Poly to Host Demo Day Event on Sept. 8
08/18/17 Cal Poly Transportation Engineering Club Back on Top
08/10/17 Cal Poly Awarded Funding for a New Graduate Fellowship Focused on the Global Reduction of Food Waste
08/08/17 Cal Poly Named California’s Best Public-Master’s University by Forbes
08/03/17 Cal Poly Research Finds Resilient Algae May Help Abalone During Ocean Acidification
08/03/17 Members of Inaugural Cal Poly Spanish-language Debate Team Ranked as World Finalists
08/01/17 Cal Poly Receives LEED Silver Certification for Operation and Maintenance of Three Existing Campus Buildings

July 2017

07/24/17 Cal Poly Graphic Communication Department Received TWo Cutting-Edge Kongsberg Digital Cutting Tables
07/19/17 Cal Poly to Host Free Teachers Summit on July 28
07/17/17 Cal Poly Makes Money Magazine’s 2017 List of ‘Best Colleges for Your Money’
07/10/17 Cal Poly Research Finds Mothers Distracted During Breast and Bottle Feeding
07/10/17 Cal Poly Student Researchers Help Locate WWII Wreckage Near Malta
07/05/17 Cal Poly Packaging and Design Students Earn National Awards at 2017 Ameristar Student Packaging Competition

June 2017

06/26/17 Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Team Wins National Title
06/26/17 North Hollywood High School Wins California Cyber Innovation Challenge Competition at Cal Poly
06/20/17 Cal Poly-UNC Online Program Improves Weight Loss After Childbirth
06/15/17 Cal Poly Orfalea College of Business Honors Outstanding Students and Faculty 
06/14/17 Cal Poly Goes All-In on AWS
06/13/17 Cal Poly Spring 2017 Commencement Ceremonies Set for June 17 and 18
06/09/17 Cal Poly Student Affairs Names New Diversity and Inclusion Officer
06/08/17 Cal Poly Sweeps the Western Spring National Collegiate Dairy Judging Contest
06/07/17 Cal Poly Great Grads Showcase the Strengths and Diversity of the Class of 2017
06/06/17 Cal Poly to Host Soil Health Assessment Field Day June 22 in Northern California
06/06/17 Cal Poly College of Engineering Announces 2017 Outstanding Students
06/01/17 Annual Cal Poly Performance Horse Sale to Benefit Cal Poly Equine Center June 3
06/01/17 Cal Poly Announces Director of New Packaging Value Chain Center
06/01/17 Cal Poly to Award Three Honorary Doctorates at June 17-18 Commencement Ceremonies

May 2017

05/31/17 Cal Poly Partners with Woods Humane Society for Hands-On Training in Animal Care
05/30/17 Cal Poly Faculty Member Awarded $250,000 Grant to Preserve Access to Digital History
05/26/17 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit the Work of 2017 Graduates
05/26/17 Cal Poly Announces Keynote Speakers for Spring Commencement Ceremonies June 17 and 18
05/25/17 Cal Poly Designated a 2016 Tree Campus USA
05/23/17 Cal Poly Supermileage Team Places Fourth at Shell Eco-Marathon
05/22/17 Cal Poly Architecture Graduate Wins AIA COTE Award in National Student Design Competition 
05/18/17 Cal Poly Names Dean Wendt to Lead College of Science and Mathematics
05/18/17 Cal Poly Adds Seven Startups to SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator Program
05/17/17 English Grad Student Wins Cal Poly's Academy of American Poets Prize
05/17/17 Public Invited to View Exhibits by Cal Poly College of Architecture and Environmental Design Fifth-Year Graduating Students
05/17/17 Cal Poly Expects More Than 800 Volunteers to Take Part in Annual Service Day May 20 
05/16/17 Cal Poly Names New Student Housing Community in Honor of Northern Chumash Tribe 
05/16/17 Limited Edition Cal Poly Learn by Doing Book Available for Purchase May 19
05/16/17 Cal Poly to Host Talk on Benefits of Aboriginal Burning Practices
05/15/17 Cal Poly's Recent Graduates Report High Levels of Employment, Record Salaries
05/12/17 Cal Poly Rodeo Team Advances to the National Finals
05/12/17 Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Student Receives Fulbright Award to Study in Slovenia
05/11/17 Cal Poly Students Earn Five Awards at Statewide Research Competition 
05/11/17 Cal Poly Political Science Junior Selected for Panetta Institute for Public Policy's Congressional Internship Program
05/10/17 Cal Poly Choirs and Alumni Bid Farewell to Conductor and Accompanist June 11
05/10/17 Cal Poly to Unveil Diversity-Themed Mural on May 26 at Baker Center
05/10/17 Cal Poly Announces 2017 Learn by Doing Scholar Award Winners
05/09/17 Cal Poly to Host Soil Health Assessment Field Day on May 25 in Turlock
05/08/17 Cal Poly's Trombone Choir to Perform on Campus June 9
05/08/17 Cal Poly Student to Serve on National Agriculture Student Advisory Team
05/05/17 Cal Poly's Jazz Night Concert on June 2 to Highlight Innovative Composers
05/05/17 Cal Poly Wind Bands' Spring Concert Set for June 3
05/05/17 Cal Poly's Strong Showing at Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge is a Singular Achievement
05/05/17 Cal Poly Students Win National Marketing Competition
05/04/17 RSVP XXII:'Wine - A Whimisical Commentary' to be Staged May 30, June 1 at Cal Poly
05/04/17 Cal Poly Hosts Entrepreneurship Forum Focused on Growing a Business in San Luis Obispo May 15
05/04/17 Cal Poly Logging Team Wins Timbersports Competition
05/04/17 Cal Poly's Mustang Media Group Wins More Than 20 Awards at College Media Business and Advertising Managers Annual Contest
05/03/17 Cal Poly Receives CSU-Record $110M Gift from Alumnus William L. Frost
05/02/17 Cal Poly Students to Make Business Analytics Presentations to Oracle Leaders on May 3
05/02/17 Cal Poly to Host Soil Health Assessment Field Day on May 5
05/01/17 Cal Poly Center for Service in Action Receives National Make a Difference Day Award

April 2017

05/31/17 Poet Aman K. Batra to be Featured May 3 at 'Another Type of Groove' Event at Cal Poly
04/28/17 Cal Poly Freshman Named Treasurer of California FFA State Officer Team 
04/28/17 Cal Poly to Host California FFA State Finals Competition May 6
04/26/17 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform with Guest Artists May 27
04/26/17 Laura M. Kramer and Panic Duo to Present Composition Master Class, Recital May 25 at CalPoly
04/26/17 Cal Poly Greek Life Councils Win ‘Best in the West’ Award at National Leadership Conference
04/26/17 Cal Poly Undocumented Student Working Group to Honor Immigrants on May 1
04/26/17 Cal Poly to Host 31st Annual CSU Research Competition April 28-29
04/25/17 Cal Poly to Present ‘All That Brass’ Concert May 23
04 /25/17 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Departments Presents ‘Stupid F**king Bird’ May 11-13, 18-20
04 /20/17 Cal Poly Shines in Latest PayScale.com Return-on-Investment Report
04/20/17 Cal Poly Open House Community Flower Show Bestows “Best of Show” to Santa Margarita Resident
04/20/17 Cal Poly to Present an Evening of Woodwind and String Chamber Music May 19
04/20/17 Cal Poly’s A Cappella Ensemble That’s the Key to Perform May 19-20
04/19/17 Cal Poly to Build Solar Farm as Part of Net Zero Plan
04/17/17 Muslim Scholar Dalia Mogahed to Speak April 29 at Cal Poly
04/17/17 Get Ready to Go Crazy for Tomato Mania Plant Sale April 22-23 at Cal Poly
04/17/17 Cal Poly’s Polyrhythmics to Perform on Campus May 16
04/14/17 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit Student Art April 20 to May 19
04/13/17 Cal Poly Pier in Avila Beach Open to Tours on May 6
04/13/17 Cal Poly Student Aims to Set International Land Speed Record in Solar-Powered Vehicle
04/13/17 Cal Poly Receives STARS Silver Rating for Sustainability Achievements
04/10/17 Cal Poly Mock Trial Team Earns Bid to Compete at National Championship
04/10/17 Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Beethoven Sonatas May 12 at Cal Poly
04/10/17 Cal Poly Business Students Finish Second in Annual Finance Competition
04/06/17 Cal Poly Technology Park Welcomes Healthcare IQ
04/05/17 Cal Poly Packaging Program to Host Fresh Produce Packaging Seminar May 22 to 24
04/05/17 Cal Poly Alumna to Present on Gershwin’s Concerto in F on May 5
04/05/17 Cal Poly Computing Power for Student Learning Gets a High-Performance Boost
04/03/17 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit Student-Built Furniture April 4-8

March 2017

03/30/17 Cal Poly Team Wins Grand Prize at Annual Graphic Arts Conference
03/29/17 Cal Poly Seeking Entrants for Annual Community Flower Show
03/27/17 Cal Poly’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design Announces Open House Highlights
03/27/17 Cal Poly Students Place High at a National Supply Chain Competition
03/23/17 Cal Poly Welcomes Community to Open House on April 6-8
03/23/17 Cal Poly Soil Judging Team Named Regional Champions
03/23/17 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Dominate National Competition with Wins in Four Categories
03/22/17 Donation Funds HD Upgrade to Student-Run TV Studio at Cal Poly
03/20/17 NASA Team Leader to Discuss Missions to Pluto and Jupiter on April 12 at Cal Poly
03/17/17 Cal Poly Polo Women’s and Men’s Teams Advance to Nationals
03/17/17 Cal Poly Kennedy Library to Display ‘Between the Bars’ Art Exhibit April 6-June 9
03/17/17 Carbon Farm Planning Workshop to Be Offered Aprilt 12 at Cal Poly’s Swanton Pacific Ranch
03/17/17 Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group Wins More Than 20 Awards at National College Media Convention
03/17/17 Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers Names Five Outstanding Members
03/15/17 California Community Foundation to Offer $2 Million in Scholarships to Benefit Underrepresented Minority Students at Cal Poly
03/14/17 Cal Poly Partners with the Governor’s Office to Host Statewide Cybersecurity Competition
03/14/17 Cal Poly Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics Receives Diversity Award
03/10/17 Cal Poly Students on Winning Teams at the Western Regional Dairy Challenge Competition
03/09/17 Cal Poly Open House Recital Set for April 8
03/09/17 Soil Foodweb Pioneer Elaine Ingham to Lead Workshop on Building Healthy Soils
03/06/17 Cal Poly Named Top Producer of Faculty Fulbright Scholars Among Nation’s Public and Private Master’s Universities and Colleges
03/06/17 Longtime Cal Poly Supporters Pledge $1.5 million to Support J.G. Boswell Agricultural Technology Center
03/02/17 Cal Poly Student Wins First Runner-Up at Young Farmers and Ranchers Meet
03/02/17 Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre to Present Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ April 7-8
03/02/17 Cal Poly Announces Scott Dawson to Return as Orfalea College of Business Dean
03/01/17 District Attorney, Cal Poly and Cal Guard Announce New Statewide Partnership to Combat Cyber Crime in California

February 2017

02/24/17 Cal Poly Announces New Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Inclusion
02/24/17 Cal Poly Welcomes Esteemed Bonsai Artist Ryan Neil on Feb. 28
02/23/17 Cal Poly Student Affairs Among Most Promising Places to Work in 2017
02/23/17 Cal Poly Students to Screen Short Films at the 23rd SLO International Film Festival
02/21/17 Cal Poly to Screen ‘Paper Tigers’ Documentary on Trauma-Informed Education Feb. 27
02/17/17 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit Works by Sarajevo Photographer Milomir Kovačević
02/17/17 Cal Poly Dean Phil Bailey to Serve as 2017 Open House Grand Marshal in April
02/16/17 Cal Poly’s Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show to Run Feb. 17-19 in Paso Robles
02/15/17 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform with Guest Artists March 18
02/15/17 Cal Poly Wind Bands’ Winter Concert Set for March 17
02/13/17 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department to Present ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Feb. 23-25 and March 2-4
02/13/17 Cal Poly to Host the State of the Organic Industry Panel on March 2
02/13/17 Cal Poly Economics Professor and Research Team Receive Nearly $500,000 USDA Grant to Study Solutions to Food Waste
02/10/17 Cal Poly Students to be Honored by Lawmakers at State Capitol on Feb. 13
02/07/17 Cal Poly Symphony to Feature Student Soloists and Music from Animated Movies at Winter Concert March 5
02/07/17 Cal Poly Interdisciplinary Team Ranks High at Construction Management Competition
02/03/17 Celebrated Author, Educator Frank Romano Returns to Cal Poly in Winter 2017 as Research Professor from Industry
02/02/17 Cal Poly to Host Packaging Industry Symposium Feb. 9
02/02/17 Cal Poly Choirs to Perform ‘Conductor’s Choice’ on March 4
02/02/17 Cal Poly Study Reveals Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems
02/02/17 Cal Poly Named One of Nation’s Best Values by Kiplinger’s Finance Magazine

January 2017

01/30/17 Cal Poly Greek Life Community Raises Nearly $500,000 in 2016
01/26/17 Cal Poly Wins SLO Regional Rideshare’s 2016 Commuter Challenge
01/23/17 Cal Poly to Host Sixth Annual Central Coast Lean Summit Feb. 9-10
01/20/17 Cal Poly Music Department Chamber Recital Set for Feb. 19
01/17/17 Cal Poly to Celebrate Diversity with #InclusionStartsWithMe Week
01/13/17 Cal Poly Honors Faculty, Staff Who Received $32 Million in Grant Funding in 2015-16
01/13/17 Cal Poly to Provide Free Tax Preparation for Underserved Communities
01/12/17 New SLO HotHouse Offers Community Coworking Space in Downtown San Luis Obispo 
01/09/17 Cal Poly to Present Free ‘Night at the Mission’ Chamber Concert Feb. 10
01/09/17 Cal Poly to Host Four Events for Local Filmmakers and Film Enthusiasts This Winter
01/09/17 2017 Poly Royal Rodeo Moves to the Alex G. Spanos Stadium
01/04/17 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit Work of Michael Miller Jan. 12-Feb. 10
01/04/17 Cal Poly Brass Ensembles Host Professional Trumpeter for Master Class Feb. 3
01/02/17 Cal Poly Float Wins Founders’ Trophy at 2017 Rose Parade