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2020 News Releases

October 2020

10/16/20 Cal Poly’s California Cybersecurity Institute Hosts 400 Middle School and High School Students at Virtual California Cyber Innovation Challenge
10/16/20 Cal Poly Sets Virtual Bandfest for Nov. 15
10/16/20 Cal Poly Collaborative Seeks Pandemic Stories from Underrepresented Community Members
10/15/20 Startup Companies Complete Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Incubator Program at Cal Poly
10/09/20 Cal Poly Presents ‘Addressing Racism and Diversity in Music Institutions’ on Nov. 5
10/08/20 Cal Poly Alumnus Selected for CSU Program to Support Doctoral Studies and Prepare for Faculty Opportunities
10/07/20 Cal Poly Coalition Aims to Make the University a National Leader in Research, Training in Ethical Technology
10/07/20 Cal Poly Solar Plant Receives EPA Sustainability Honor
10/06/20 Cal Poly School of Education Professor Honored with CSU Faculty Innovation, Leadership Award
10/06/20 Cal Poly Senior Project and HotHouse Startup Leads to Device That Could Save Thousands of Mothers’ Lives
10/05/20 Cal Poly Researchers Seek Model for Practical Solutions to Climate Crisis on the Central Coast
10/05/20 Cal Poly Professor Releases New Roadmap for AI and Policing Ethics Research
10/02/20 Cal Poly Seeks to Transform, Expand Access to Cybersecurity in California
10/01/20 Cal Poly Virtual Music Faculty Showcase Set for Oct. 23

September 2020

9/30/20 Cal Poly Aims to Improve Health Equity Through New Institute
9/24/20 Cal Poly Study Finds Changes in Bird Songs in San Francisco During COVID-19 Shutdown
9/22/20 Cal Poly Establishes Center to Better Understand Cultural, Demographic Landscape of Central Coast
9/22/20 Cal Poly’s New College of Engineering Lab to Transform Lives Through Community-Focused Engineering and Computing
9/17/20 Cal Poly Civil Engineering Senior Receives CSU Trustees’ Award
9/15/20 Cal Poly’s California Cybersecurity Institute to Host Virtual Space & Cybersecurity Symposium October 5-8
9/15/20 Cal Poly Earns 28th Consecutive Best in the West Ranking from U.S. News
9/10/20 Cal Poly Research Project Could Help Warn Beachgoers of Sharks in the Water Using Drones and Artificial Intelligence
9/09/20 Cal Poly CIE to Host Virtual Demo Day Entrepreneur Event on Sept. 18
9/08/20 Cal Poly Study Shows Promise of Central Coast Offshore Wind Energy
9/02/20 Cal Poly Eligible for Grant Opportunities Related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

August 2020

8/31/20 Cal Poly Collaboration Introduces Breakthrough Technology for e-Scooters to Increase Pedestrian Safety
8/27/20 Two Cal Poly Students Awarded Pre-Doctoral Fellowships Aimed at Preparing Future CSU Faculty Members
8/26/20 Cal Poly to Require COVID-19 Test for All Students Living On Campus for Fall 2020
Cal Poly TRIO Achievers Awarded Multiyear Department of Education Grant
 

July 2020

7/30/20 Cal Poly Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Better Understand Structural Behavior During Earthquakes
7/30/20 Loss of Eelgrass in Morro Bay Estuary May Cause Widespread Erosion
7/27/20 Bill and Cheryl Swanson Donate $1 million to the JUSTIN and J. LOHR Center for Wine and Viticulture at Cal Poly
7/24/20 Cal Poly Study Aims to Find Best Ways to Get Away from the Screen and Get Moving
7/22/20 Cal Poly Announces Completion of Most Successful Capital Campaign in CSU History
7/20/20 Cal Poly Students Create Space Cybercrime Challenge for Virtual DEF CON Hacker Convention
7/17/20 Cal Poly Engineering Professor Will Review Scientific Innovations for National Institutes of Health
7/07/20 Cal Poly Partners with Morro Bay in Bloom to Beautify Downtown Morro Bay
7/06/20 Cal Poly Hosts Viewing of Rare Corpse Flower Bloom

June 2020

6/24/20 Reservations Now Available for Student-Run Succulentopia Plant Sale at Cal Poly
6/23/20 Cal Poly Political Science Student Accepted to Panetta Congressional Internship Program
6/22/20 Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering Professor Breaks Three U.S. Records with Unique Glider Plane
6/12/20 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Complete Senior Project to Enhance University’s Rodeo Program
6/09/20 Cal Poly Partnership Introduces Technology to Reduce Pesticide Use
6/09/20 Cal Poly Partnership with Air Force Research Laboratory Will Direct $2.5 Million to Aerospace Engineering Department
6/08/20 Cal Poly Recognizes Six Outstanding Graduates from the Class of 2020
6/05/20 Cal Poly Joins Network of Leading Universities to Help Ensure Technology Creates Public Benefit
6/04/20 Cal Poly Engineering Students and Faculty Recreate Campus on Minecraft for Virtual Graduation Ceremony

May 2020

5/26/20 Cal Poly Choirs to Present Virtual Concert on June 8
5/26/20 Cal Poly Announces Virtual Summer Accelerator Programs for 2020 Cohort
5/22/20 Media Alert — Cal Poly Thanks Health Care Workers, Other Essential Employees with ‘Light It Blue to Thank You’ Effort
5/20/20 Cal Poly Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty, Staff and Students Produce Hand Sanitizer for Campus Use
5/14/20 Cal Poly Study Finds Online Exercise Information Often Inaccurate
5/11/20 Cal Poly’s ‘RSVP XXV: Call and Response’ to be Presented in Virtual Episodes June 4-6
5/06/20 Cal Poly Names Michigan State University Dean as New Provost
5/05/20 Cal Poly Study Finds Climate Change May Threaten Local Endangered Lizard
5/01/20 Cal Poly Study Finds Climate Change May Threaten Local Endangered Lizard

April 2020

4/29/20 Cal Poly Architectural Engineering EERI Seismic Design Team Wins Second Place
4/16/20 Cal Poly Honored Again by Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus USA
4/16/20 Cal Poly to Hold Virtual Tomato Spectacular Sale, with Plant Pickups, Beginning April 17
4/10/20 Cal Poly Engineering Student Makes Respiratory Masks in His Garage for Local Health Care Workers
4/08/20 Cal Poly Set to Expand Campus-Based Technology Park
4/03/20 NASA Small Satellite Program Selects Cal Poly to Help Develop New Technology for Lunar Exploration Missions

March 2020

3/27/20 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Cal Poly Engineering Faculty Members Adapt Courses, Shift Focus to Coronavirus
3/04/20 Cal Poly Student Affairs Professionals Recognized by Industry Associations
3/04/20 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Set New Team Record at Regional Competition

February 2020

2/28/20 Country Singer Carly Pearce to Perform April 18 at Cal Poly
2/27/20 16 Cal Poly Students to be Honored by Lawmakers at State Capitol on March 2
2/24/20 Cal Poly Students Imagine New Uses for Harford Pier in Avila Beach
2/20/20 Cal Poly Choirs’ ‘Traditions’ Concert to Feature Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble on March 15
2/20/20 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Host Iranian and Tajik Guest Artists in March 14 Concert
2/20/20 Cal Poly Alumnus to Discuss Journey From the Fields to Apple Inc. on March 12
2/18/20 San Luis Obispo High School Wins Central Coast VEX ‘Tower Takeover’ Tournament at Cal Poly
2/14/20 Poly Royal Rodeo Celebrates 80 Years on April 17 and 18 at Cal Poly
2/12/20 Flutist Marley Eder to Present a Free Workshop March 6 at Cal Poly
2/12/20 Cal Poly History Professor Earns International Book Prize
2/12/20  Cal Poly’s Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show to Celebrate 36 Years Feb. 14-16
2/12/20 Cal Poly Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy’s Reporters Project Receives New Support to Build Statehouse Coverage System
2/12/20 Cal Poly’s Change the Status Quo Conference to Feature Angela Davis Feb. 29
2/11/20 Duo Montagnard to Give a Free Recital March 3 at Cal Poly
2/11/20 Cal Poly Students Use Technology to Fight Human Trafficking
2/10/20 Flutist Suzanne Duffy to Perform at March 8 Cal Poly Wind Bands Concert
2/10/20 Cal Poly Symphony to Feature Student Soloists, ‘The Moldau’ and ‘Finlandia’ at March 1 Concert
2/5/20 Cal Poly Celebrates Six Patents for Research in 2018-19
2/5/20 Cal Poly, City Collaboration Leads to Record Low Noise Complaints and Citations
2/3/20 Cal Poly’s CLA Speaks Features Discussion with Political Theorist Langdon Winner on March 3

January 2020

1/31/20 Cal Poly Winter Jazz Concert to Include Cuesta College Jazz Ensemble on Feb. 29
1/31/20 Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Adds New Faculty Fellows to Inspire Startups and Innovation
1/29/20 Cal Poly Receives $225,000 CalRecycle Grant to Support Campus Recycling Efforts
1/28/20 Cal Poly Rose Float Launches Concept Contest for 2021 Float; Deadline is Feb. 6
1/27/20 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department Presents Iconic American Classic ‘Our Town’ Feb. 27-March 1, March 5-7
1/27/20 Cellist Barbara Spencer to Perform with Guests Feb. 23 at Cal Poly
1/23/20 Cal Poly Study Identifies the Top Strategies for Successful Weight Loss Maintenance
1/22/20 Cal Poly Philosophy Professor Awarded Grant to Study Predictive Policing
1/22/20 Cal Poly to Again Provide Free Tax Preparation for Underserved Communities
1/17/20 Cal Poly Ethnic Studies Chair Denise Isom Receives Cross Cultural Centers’ Annual MLK Legacy Award
1/15/20 Media Advisory — Ag Showcase Career Fair Set for Jan. 16-17 at Cal Poly
1/15/20 Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band to Perform in Chinese New Year Parade on Feb. 8 in San Francisco
1/15/20 Cal Poly to Present Free ‘Night of Chamber Music’ on Feb. 7
1/15/20 Cal Poly to Present ‘Change the Subject’ Documentary, Discussion on Feb. 4
1/14/20 Cal Poly to Host 2020 International Graphic Communication Week Jan. 21-24
1/14/20 Cal Poly Recognized Among Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs for 2020
1/10/20 Cal Poly Students Selected to Help NASA Find Ways to Drill for Water on Mars and the Moon
1/09/20 Cal Poly Racing Team Students Win Trip to Tour Maserati Innovation Lab in Italy
1/09/20 Cal Poly Architecture Students’ Work on Rebuilding in Paradise Now Accessible Online
1/09/20 Cal Poly to Host Anti-Human Trafficking Summit Jan. 26-28
1/06/20 Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Professor Earns Statewide Teaching Award
1/01/20 Cal Poly Float Wins Director Award at 2020 Rose Parade®

2019 News Releases

December 2019

12/19/19 Cal Poly Student Team Wins Convention Management Competition
12/19/19 Cal Poly Experience Innovation Lab Receives $500,000 Donation from George P. Johnson
12/18/19 Cal Poly to Present Faculty Bass Recital on Jan. 17 (w/art)
12/18/19 Cal Poly to Host USA Pentathlon National Qualifying Event on Jan. 18 and 19
12/16/19 Cal Poly’s Annual Bach Week Jan. 21-25 Will Showcase the Masterpiece Mass in B Minor 
12/16/19 Students in Cal Poly College Prep Programs Advance to Higher Education at Rates Higher Than National Average
12/16/19 Cal Poly Contributes to Study on Ways to Increase Sea Otter Population
12/13/19 Cal Poly Float Entry Gets an Early Slot in the 2020 Rose Parade
12/12/19 Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Recital Jan. 10 at Cal Poly
12/12/19 Cal Poly Architectural Engineering Students Win National Timber Strong Competition
12/12/19 Cal Poly Fall 2019 Commencement Set for Dec. 14
12/11/19 Cal Poly Architecture and Landscape Architecture Programs Earn High Rankings in 2019-20 DesignIntelligence National Survey
12/10/19 Startup Companies Complete Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubator Program
12/9/19 Cal Poly Campus Health and Wellbeing Adds Gender-Affirming Care
12/3/19 Cal Poly Orchesis Dance Company to Present ‘50’ Jan. 17-18 and 23-25
12/2/19 Cal Poly Students Take Top Spots in Statewide Floral Competition
12/2/19 Cal Poly Annual Poinsettia Sale to Start Dec. 6

November 2019

11/25/19 Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group Wins 33 National Awards
11/21/19 Cal Poly Students Place First in Screenwriting and Promotional Video at the CSU Media Arts Festival
11/21/19 Cal Poly Students’ Designs for Moveable Wine Pavilion Available for Public Viewing Dec. 8 in San Luis Obispo
11/20/19 Cal Poly Ranked Second in Nation Among Master’s Universities for Study Abroad
11/20/19 Cal Poly Students Create Robot That Can Extinguish Embers from Dangerous Wildfires
11/18/19 Cal Poly Architecture Senior Rethinks Love Seat to Win 16th Annual Vellum/CAED Furniture Design
11/15/19 Cal Poly and Hancock College Elevator Pitch Winners Hope to Take Ideas to Higher Heights
11/14/19 Cal Poly Students Create Large, Motorized Advent Calendar for Cambria Christmas Market
11/14/19 Cal Poly to Host Nov. 19 Tree Planting to Honor Arbor Day and Celebrate Campus Urban Forest
11/12/19 Cal Poly Pier in Avila Beach Open to Tours on Nov. 16
11/7/19 Cal Poly Architecture Students Take First Place, Honorable Mentions in National Steel Design Competition
11/7/19 Cal Poly Values and Salutes its Veterans on West’s One of the Most Vet-Friendly Campuses
11/7/19 Cal Poly’s Administration and Finance Division Earn State Awards for Sustainability Efforts
11/6/19 Cal Poly Choirs to Present Third Annual ‘Holiday Kaleidoscope’ on Dec. 7
11/6/19 Cal Poly Symphony Opens Season with ‘Teamwork’ on Dec. 6
11/6/19 Cal Poly Professors to Develop Food Safety Training Program for Leafy Greens Growers with $214,000 Grant
11/4/19 Cal Poly Awarded $340,000 Grant to Analyze and Innovate Cybersecurity Solutions for Space Satellites
11/1/19 Cal Poly Receives STARS Gold Rating for Sustainability Achievements

October 2019

10/31/19 Cal Poly Team Wins National Student Food Marketing Challenge
10/29/19 Cal Poly Architecture Students to Exhibit at 16th Annual Vellum/CAED Furniture Design Exhibition Nov. 1-2
10/28/19 Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Host 10th Annual Elevator Pitch Competition Forum on Nov. 4
10/22/19 Cal Poly Presents Annual Fall Jazz Concert with New Director on Nov. 22
10/22/19 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform with Guest Artists at Nov. 16 Concert
10/22/19 Dance Work ‘FLEX’ about Filipino Migration to be Performed Nov. 14 at Cal Poly
10/22/19 Cal Poly Student-Run Succulentopia Plant Sale Set for Oct. 25-26
10/18/19 Cal Poly Bandfest Concert with Boston Brass Set for Nov. 15
10/18/19 Boston Brass to Present Nov. 14 Master Class at Cal Poly
10/18/19 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit ‘Infographics for Social Change’ 
10/18/19 Cal Poly Engineering Students Take on New Challenges Posed by Disabled Veterans
10/17/19 Cal Poly Unveils Results of Campus Climate Survey and Shares Next Steps
10/15/19 World-Renowned Italian Pianist Gloria Campaner to Perform Nov. 13 at Cal Poly
10/15/19 Cal Poly Is First University to Sign Agreement to Assist U.S. Strategic Command in Monitoring Objects Orbiting the Earth
10/4/19 Cal Poly to Expand Computing Opportunities to Students with Help from More than $430,000 in Grants
10/2/19 Cal Poly Launches Faculty Expert Guide
10/1/19 Cal Poly Names 2019 Susan Currier Visiting Professor for Teaching Excellence

September 2019

9/27/19 Cal Poly Choirs Preview New Season on Oct. 26 with ‘Cry Out!’
9/27/19 Cal Poly Music Faculty Members Showcase Their Expertise in Recital on Oct. 25
9/26/19 Cal Poly Biology Student Receives CSU Trustees’ Award and $6,000 Scholarship
9/24/19 Cal Poly, Saucelito Canyon and Wine History Project Team up to Build Pavilion Structure Traveling Exhibit
9/23/19 Cal Poly’s New Director of Jazz Studies to Give Recital with Guests on Oct. 18
9/17/19 Cal Poly Students Set American Collegiate Speed Record with Human-Powered Vehicle
9/13/19 Cal Poly Floral Design Team Wins First Overall in National Competition
9/13/19 Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering Professor and Computer Engineering Student Help Cambodian High School’s Quest to Launch Nation’s First CubeSat
9/12/19 Cal Poly Faculty to Present Lecture-Recital on Schumann’s ‘Myrthen’ on Oct. 12
9/10/19 Cal Poly Students Aim to Break 61.3 mph Collegiate Record with High-Speed Bicycle
9/10/19  Cal Poly is California’s Top Public-Masters University, According to Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education Rankings
9/9/19 Cal Poly Earns 27th Consecutive Best in the West Ranking from U.S. News
9/6/19 Cal Poly Professor Receives Grant to Track, Improve Mental Wellness of Engineering Students
9/6/19 $5 Million NSF Award Will Strengthen Local Community College Pipeline to Cal Poly College of Engineering and Increase Student Diversity
9/5/19 Lecture-Recital on Spirituals to be Presented at Cal Poly on Oct. 3
9/5/19 Cal Poly Faculty Advisor Recognized for Increasing Engineering Opportunities for Women
9/5/19 Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Professor Who Inspired NASA Astronaut Wins CSU Faculty Award

August 2019

8/30/19 Cal Poly to Host Annual Demo Day Entrepreneur Event on Sept. 6
8/28/19 Cal Poly Music Department Announces 2019-20 Events
8/21/19 Solar Car Created by Cal Poly Students Reaches 51 MPH, Just Shy of World Record
8/21/19 History-Making Small Satellite Mission to Mars, Honored as Mission of the Year, Has Ties to Cal Poly
8/19/19 Cal Poly to Bring Student-Designed Anti-Human Trafficking Training Set to Statewide Law Enforcement Conference Aug. 20-22
8/16/19 Cal Poly Named California’s Best Public-Master’s University and Among the Top 25 Overall in the West in Forbes Rankings
8/15/19 MEDIA ADVISORY — Winners of the 2019 Cal Poly California Cyber Innovation Challenge to be Honored at the State Capitol on Aug. 19
8/14/19 Cal Poly Universities’ 2020 Tournament of Roses Float Dives into Ocean Exploration
8/1/19 Cal Poly’s Efforts Help Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 “Sail on Sunbeams,” Reaching a Milestone
8/1/19 Cal Poly to Bring Learn by Doing to Global Hacker Convention in August

July 2019

7/31/19 Cal Poly Student Donations Distributed to SLO County Nonprofit Organizations
7/29/19 Cal Poly Engineering Professors Plan to Expand CubeSat, Programming Education with Lockheed Endowments
7/24/19 Cal Poly’s College of Engineering Ranks Among Nation’s Best in Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
7/19/19 Planetary Society Scientists Plan LightSail Deployment for July 23 at Cal Poly
7/18/19 Cal Poly Rodeo Coach Named National Coach of the Year; Poly Royal Rodeo Named Regional Rodeo of the Year
7/17/19  Cal Poly Professor’s Device Could Provide Light to Millions Living in the Dark
7/11/19 Cal Poly Hosts UC Merced Upward Program for Cyber Training Day July 15
7/11/19 Cal Poly College of Architecture and Environmental Design Students Design Homes for Fire-Damaged City of Weed
7/3/19 Quad/Graphics Raises $41,000 for Cal Poly Graphic Communication Program, Scholarships
7/1/19 Cal Poly Announces Winners of the 2019 California Cyber Innovation Challenge

June 2019

6/27/19 Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Announces Interim Director 
6/21/19 MEDIA ADVISORY — SpaceX Launch Set for Monday Night, June 24, Includes CubeSAT from Cal Poly
6/13/19 Cal Poly’s Concrete Canoe Team Takes Second Overall, First Place in Final Product at National Competition
6/12/19 Cal Poly Spring 2019 Commencement Ceremonies Set for June 15 and 16
6/11/19 Cal Poly Choral Conductor and Students to Travel to Kenya in July
6/10/19 Cal Poly Collaborates with Amazon Web Services to Launch Initiative for Harnessing Satellite Data to Solve Global Challenges
6/7/19 Cal Poly Spring 2019 Great Grads: Six Outstanding Graduates Look Back on Struggles and Accomplishments and Forward to Their Futures
6/7/19 Cal Poly Honor Choir Festival Concert Set for June 29
6/7/19 Cal Poly Announces HotHouse Summer Accelerator Program’s 2019 Cohort
6/6/19 Cal Poly to Host Paradise Students, 28 Other Teams at Statewide Cybersecurity Championship June 21-23

May 2019

5/29/19 Cal Poly Art and Design Seniors Showcase Their Work in University Art Gallery Exhibit Through June 14
5/29/19 Cal Poly to Launch Campus Community Garden for Students, Faculty and Staff
5/29/19 Cal Poly Architecture Faculty Member and Alumni Named Fellows by the American Institute of Architects
5/29/19 Cal Poly Students Creating Prosthetics for Boy Who Lost Fingers in Fiery Crash
5/21/19 Cal Poly Professor Receives $500,000 for Innovative LGBTQ+ Mental Health Training Program
5/21/19 Cal Poly English Major Wins Academy of American Poets Prize
5/14/19 Cal Poly Graduating College of Architecture and Environmental Design Students Invite Public to View Exhibits
5/14/19 Cal Poly to Present ‘All That Brass’ Concert at SLO United Methodist Church on June 7
5/14/19 Cal Poly Wind Bands Concert to Feature Saxophone Soloist on June 9
5/13/19 Four Student Entrepreneur Teams Split More Than $30,000 in Cal Poly’s Innovation Quest
5/10/19 Cal Poly Power of Doing Campaign Takes First Public Steps with Major Gifts, Groundbreaking
5/08/19 Cal Poly Symphony Concludes Season with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Café Musique on June 8
5/08/19 Cal Poly’s Polyrhythmics to Perform on Campus June 4
5/08/19 Cal Poly Named a Top Producer of 2018-19 Fulbright U.S. Scholars
5/07/19 Cal Poly Political Science Major Selected for Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s Congressional Internship Program
5/07/19 Cal Poly to Host May 14 Presentation on NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
5/07/19 Cal Poly Student Project Turns into Business Helping Parkinson’s Patients
5/03/19 Cal Poly Campus Health & Wellbeing to Host New Farmers’ Market on Campus Beginning May 7
5/02/19 Cal Poly Choirs to Present ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’ Concert on June 2
5/02/19 Cal Poly to Host California FFA State Finals Competition May 4
5/01/19 Cal Poly to Present an Evening of Woodwind and String Chamber Music May 31 at SLO United Methodist Church
5/01/19 Cal Poly’s University Jazz Bands to Send Off Director at Jazz Night Concert June 1

April 2019

4/30/19 Cal Poly Opens New Welcome Center
4/30/19 Cal Poly Music Department Presents 'RSVP XXIV: Invitation' May 28, 30
4/29/19 Student-Run Succulent Plant Sale to Be Held May 10-11 at Cal Poly
4/29/19 Cal Poly Student Team Wins Prestigious Helmut Kipphan Cup at Graphic Arts Conference
4/26/19 UC Berkeley Professor to Give Talk on Gay Shame, Queer Hate and Direct Action on May 14 at Cal Poly
4/26/19 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform Works That Evoke Spring on May 25
4/22/19 CSU Gender, Race & Sexuality Undergraduate Conference Accepts Five Papers from Cal Poly
4/22/19 Cal Poly Students to ‘Take Back the Night’ April 25 for Survivors of Sexual Violence
4/22/19 Cal Poly’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design to Hosts Annual Design Village Competition April 26-28 in Poly Canyon
4/17/19 Cal Poly Team Wins 2019 Regional Animal Science Academic Quadrathlon
4/17/19 Celebrity Gossip Expert and BuzzFeed Senior Culture Writer Anne Helen Petersen to Speak May 8 at Cal Poly
4/17/19 Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Beethoven Sonatas May 17 at Cal Poly
4/15/19 Cal Poly Chamber Choir to Perform Works in the Requiem Tradition on May 11
4/11/19 Cal Poly and Vancouver, B.C., Choral Groups Find Common Ground in Music
4/09/19 Cal Poly’s 26th Annual Open House Set for April 11-13
4/09/19 Cal Poly Appoints Internationally Renowned Biomedical Researcher as Vice President of Research and Economic Development
4/07/19 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit 2019 Juried Student Show April 11-May 4
4/07/19 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department to Present ‘Stop Kiss’ May 9-11, 16-18
4/05/19 Cal Poly to Present Second Annual Clarinet Festival on May 5
4/04/19 Cal Poly’s CIE to Host Spring Entrepreneurship Forum Featuring Alumnus, Olympian and Startup Founder Simon Arkell on May 14
4/04/19 Journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. to Speak April 15 at Cal Poly
4/03/19 Cal Poly to Host Two Regional Competitions Attracting More Than 1,300 Students on April 4-6
4/02/19 Cal Poly Strawberry Center and California Strawberry Commission Host Second Automation Summit April 3 at Cal Poly
4/02/19 Cal Poly Kennedy Library to Exhibit Innovative Alternative-Energy Prototype Vehicles April 11-June 7

March 2019

3/27/19 Cal Poly’s Annual Tomato Spectacular Plant Sale to be Held April 6-7
3/26/19 Cal Poly Foundation Board Chair Recognized with Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award
3/21/19 Cal Poly Research Aims to Promote Healthy Feeding Patterns and Weight Gain for Bottle-Fed Infants
3/21/19 Cal Poly Seeking Entrants for Annual Community Flower Show
3/15/19 Cal Poly Wins Medal in National Cheese Competition
3/14/19 Cal Poly Open House Recital Set for April 13
3/14/19 Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre to Present Cabaret-Style Showcase on April 12
3/14/19 Seven Cal Poly Scholars Receive $5,000 Scholarships from a Partnership Between Dignity Health and Cal Poly
3/11/19 Cal Poly Police Seek Public’s Assistance in Identifying Weekend Vandal
3/08/19 Cal Poly Aerospace Professor, Students Create Sailplane Flown by Record-Breaking Pilot
3/08/19 Cal Poly’s Student Media Groups Win 46 Awards at National Conference
3/06/19 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Win Top Honors at National Competition
3/01/19 Cal Poly Team Hopes to Shape California’s Cybersecurity Policy with $150,000 Hewlett Grant

February 2019

2/28/19 Cal Poly Diversity and Inclusion Initiative, CPX, Launches with Listening Sessions and Universitywide Survey 
2/22/19 Cal Poly Center for Sustainability to Hold March 12 ‘Nutrient Logic’ Seminar for Growers
2/19/19 Cal Poly Names Philip Williams as New Dean of College of Liberal Arts
2/15/19 Cal Poly Choirs’ ‘All of Us’ Concert Tackles Issues of Diversity and Inclusion on March 16
2/14/19 And Then They Came for Us’ Documentary to Screen at Cal Poly Feb. 20
2/11/19 Cal Poly Wind Bands March 10 Concert to Feature ‘Dr. Who’ Music and San Francisco Symphony Member
2/11/19 San Francisco Symphony Horn Player to Present Master Class March 9 at Cal Poly
2/11/19 Cal Poly ROTC Ranger Team Continues Winning Streak, Advances to National Competition
2/08/19 Reimagine Paradise: Cal Poly Architecture Students Design Future of Devastated Northern California Town
2/07/19 Cal Poly Students to be Honored by Lawmakers at State Capitol on Feb. 11
2/07/19 Cal Poly Named ‘Military Friendly’ Campus for 2019-20
2/06/19 Cal Poly’s Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show to Celebrate 35 Years Feb. 15-17
2/05/19 Cal Poly Vice President for Student Affairs Recognized by National Industry Association
2/04/19 Cal Poly Symphony to Feature Student Soloists and Music of Space at Winter Concert March 3
2/04/19 Cal Poly’s University Jazz Bands to Showcase Improvisation at Just Jazz Concert on March 2
2/01/19 Country Artists Casey Donahew and Chancey Williams to Perform at Poly Royal Rodeo April 13

January 2019

1/31/19 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department Presents Shakespeare’s Timeless Classic ‘The Tempest’ Feb. 28-March 2, 7-9
1/28/19 Author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor to Speak Feb. 21 at Cal Poly
1/28/19 Cal Poly Named a Most Promising Place to Work in Student Affairs for 2019
1/25/19 Cal Poly Achieves Endowment Fundraising Goal of $200,000 with Generous Contribution Match from Quad/Graphics
1/25/19 Cal Poly to Provide Free Tax Preparation for Underserved Communities
1/23/19 Associate Dean Camille O’Bryant Receives Cal Poly Cross Cultural Centers’ First Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award
1/23/19 Cal Poly University Police Department Officer Receives CSU Lifesaving Medal
1/22/19 Cal Poly Architecture Professor Tom Fowler Receives Prestigious CSU Teaching Award
1/22/19 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform Works of Love Feb. 23
1/17/19 Cal Poly Professor, Air Racing’s “Secret Weapon,” Seeks Another Championship in Abu Dhabi
1/16/19 Cal Poly Multicultural Business Program to Host Week of Identity and Diversity Events Jan. 22-25
1/16/19 Cal Poly Orfalea College of Business, Marketing Evolution Start Student-Run Business Analytics Agency
1/16/19 Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Opens a Manufacturing Lab Available to Entrepreneurs
1/14/19 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit ‘Télévoix’ Jan. 17 to Feb. 8
1/10/19 Cal Poly to Present Free ‘Night at the Mission’ Chamber Concert Feb. 8
1/01/19 Cal Poly Float Wins Extraordinaire Award at 2019 Rose Parade®

2018 News Releases

December 2018

12/20/18 Cornel West to Headline Second Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Event Jan. 16 at Cal Poly
12/19/18 Cal Poly Partners with SLO NOOR Foundation to Provide Mobile Health Clinic in Northern Santa Barbara County
12/19/18 Cal Poly to Present Bach Week Jan. 22-26
12/19/18 Cal Poly Orchesis Dance Company to Present ‘Tabula Rasa’ Jan. 18-19 and 24-26
12/12/18 Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Benefit Recital Jan. 11 at Cal Poly
12/12/18 Cal Poly Employees Donate Toys and More to Jack’s Helping Hand
12/12/18 Cal Poly’s 10th CubeSat Mission to Blast Off From New Zealand on Dec. 12
12/7/18 Cal Poly Fall 2018 Commencement Set for Dec. 15
12/6/18 Cal Poly Engineering Grads Are Key Figures in the U.S. Space Exploration Comeback
12/5/18 National Science Foundation Grant Will Extend STEM Program for Underrepresented Students at Cal Poly

November 2018

11/30/18 Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group Wins 17 National College Media Awards
11/29/18 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Sweep Invitational Competition
11/27/18 Cal Poly Annual Poinsettia Sale Starts Nov. 30
11/26/18 Cal Poly ‘WITH US’ Research Center Launches Inaugural Upstander Week Campaign
11/20/18 Cal Poly’s Latest CubeSat Reveals First High-Resolution Image of the Earth
11/19/18 Cal Poly Floral Design Team Continues Winning Tradition
11/16/18 Cal Poly Undergraduates Are Increasingly Studying Abroad to Enhance Their Educations
11/13/18 Cal Poly to Co-Host Health Soils Project Demonstration Field Day Nov. 29 in Paso Robles
11/9/18 Cal Poly Soil Science Team Wins Regional Competition 
11/9/18 Cal Poly Fall Jazz Concert Set for Dec. 7
11/7/18 Cal Poly Symphony Opens Season with ‘The Symphony Dances’ Dec. 2
11/7/18 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit ‘New Nature’ by Mark Tribe Nov. 15 to Dec. 7
11/2/18 Cal Poly Choirs to Present Second Annual ‘Holiday Kaleidoscope’ Dec. 1
11/2/18 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Feature Armenian Ensemble Dec. 1
11/2/18 Cal Poly ROTC Advances to Western Regional Competition
11/2/18 Cal Poly Welcomes Back Diversity Specialist Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith on Nov. 8
11/1/18 Cal Poly Researchers Investigate Healthiest Ways to Breast and Bottle-Feed

October 2018

10/31/18 Cal Poly Announces $100,000 Grant from Silicon Valley Foundation to Help Fund Research and Training at California Cybersecurity Institute
10/31/18 Cal Poly Bandfest Concert with New Director of Bands Set for Nov. 30
10/30/18 Cal Poly CIE Welcomes Three Professors to the Faculty Fellows Program
10/29/18 Guest Flutist to Present Lecture-Recital on ‘Suppressed Music’ Nov. 9 at Cal Poly
10/29/18 Cal Poly Center for Service in Action Launches Make-a-Difference Month
10/29/18 Cal Poly and Industry Leaders to Host Hackathon at California Cybersecurity Institute Nov. 4
10/25/18 Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group to Host San Luis Obispo Mayoral Candidate Open Forum Oct. 30
10/24/18 Cal Poly Police K-9 Unit is a Finalist in Contest to Win New Police SUV
10/24/18 Mars-Bound CubeSat with Cal Poly Connection Snaps Historic Photo of Red Planet
10/24/18 Cal Poly Architecture Students to Exhibit Furniture Designs in 15th Annual Show Nov. 2 and 3
10/23/18 Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Host Elevator Pitch Competition Forum on Nov. 7 at the Performing Arts Center
10/23/18 Cal Poly to Host Oct. 23 Tree Planting to Honor Arbor Day and Celebrate Campus Urban Forest
10/23/18 Cal Poly Cybersecurity Expert Becomes a Fellow at Influential D.C. Think Tank
10/23/18 From Eelgrass to Mudflat: New Cal Poly Research Dives into Morro Bay Mystery
10/18/18 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department to Present ‘Trust Fall’ Nov. 1-3, 8-10
10/18/18 Cal Poly Experience Industry Management Department Named Third Best in Nation
10/16/18 Cal Poly Announces New Endowment to Support Education in Graphic Communication
10/16/18 Cal Poly Low Income Taxpayer Clinic to Attend Session of U.S. Tax Court
10/15/18 Cal Poly to Host Succulent Plant Sale Oct. 19 and 20
10/12/18 Cal Poly Researchers to Assess LGBTQ Mental Health Services in San Luis Obispo County
10/10/18 Cal Poly Architecture and Landscape Architecture Programs Earn High Rankings in 2018-19 DesignIntelligence National Survey
10/3/18 Cal Poly Fraternities and Sororities Continue Efforts to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion
10/1/18 Quality of Life Plus Lab at Cal Poly Begins 10th Year of Helping Wounded Vets
10/1/18 Astronomy Professor to Discuss How Exoplanets Are Discovered on Oct. 10 at Cal Poly
10/1/18 Cal Poly Choirs’ 2018-19 Season Begins on Oct. 27 with ‘Luminous Night of the Soul’

September 2018

9/25/18 Cal Poly Professors Partner with Artificial Intelligence Pioneer to Publish Innovative Research
9/21/18 Cal Poly, PG&E and the yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini — Northern Chumash Tribe to Receive State Preservation History Award for Efforts to Restore Site of Native American Village Near Diablo Canyon
9/20/18 Cal Poly Music Faculty Showcase Recital on Oct. 19
9/20/18 Cal Poly Student Floral Design Team Ranks Third in the Nation
9/19/18 Cal Poly Universities’ 71st Rose Float Entry, ‘Far Out Frequencies,’ Will Be Out of This World
9/18/18 Cal Poly Research Center Launches Benchmark Survey on Student Health, Safety Issues
9/17/18 From Gang to Mustang: Cal Poly Aerospace Student Shares His Comeback Story
9/14/18 Cal Poly Contributes to National Study that Finds Ways to Reduce Excess Weight Gain in Pregnancy
9/14/18 Cal Poly's Mustang Media Group Named ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Finalist
9/13/18 Cal Poly to Implement Out-Of-State Fee to Improve Access for Low-Income and First-Generation California Students
9/10/18 Cal Poly Named Best in the West by U.S. News for 26th Consecutive Year
9/10/18 Cal Poly Biology Student to Receive CSU Trustees’ Award and $6,000 Scholarship
9/10/18 Cal Poly Campus Dining to Switch to Compostable Paper Straws
9/10/18 Cal Poly Week of Welcome Set for Sept. 16-23
9/6/18 Cal Poly Music Department Presents ‘Brahms Songs’ Oct. 6

August 2018

8/30/18 Cal Poly to Host Demo Day Event on Sept. 14
8/28/18 Cal Poly Music Department Faculty Recital Set for Sept. 29
8/28/18 Cal Poly’s California Cybersecurity Institute Offers 27 New Cyber Certification Courses
8/28/18 Cal Poly Professor Receives CSU Honor for Innovation and Leadership
8/24/18 Cal Poly Seeks Volunteers for Program Aimed at Easing College Transition for Out-of-State Students 
8/24/18 Cal Poly Professor Works to Protect Koalas in Australia 
8/23/18 Cal Poly Named California’s Best Public-Master’s University by Forbes
8/21/18 Cal Poly Music Department Announces 2018-19 Events
8/13/18 Cal Poly Journalism Department Announces 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees
8/9/18 Cal Poly Campus Dining Wins Grand Prize in National Competition
8/9/18 Cal Poly Honored at California State University Technology Awards

June 2018

6/29/18 Cal Poly Professor Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Create Nutrition Training Program in Africa
6/28/18 Cal Poly Professor Leads Students on New Quest to Find Sunken History Off of Malta
6/26/18 Cal Poly’s Concrete Canoe Team Repeats as National Champions in Dominating Performance
6/26/18 North Hollywood High School Wins Title at California Cyber Innovation Challenge at Cal Poly
6/21/18 Cal Poly Appoints New Director for TRIO Achievers Program
6/21/18 Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Team Looking to Repeat as National Champions June 23-25 in San Diego
6/19/18 Twenty High School Teams from California to Compete in Statewide Cyber Innovation Challenge June 23-25 at Cal Poly
6/14/18 Cal Poly Wins Three Awards in Statewide Sustainability Best Practices Competition
6/13/18 Cal Poly Spring 2018 Commencement Ceremonies Set for June 16 and 17
6/12/18 Cal Poly Student Affairs Announces Gift Aimed at Eradicating Student Homelessness
6/12/18 Cal Poly Student Affairs Names New Assistant Vice President for Health and Wellbeing
/11/18 Cal Poly Great Grads Show the Strengths, Struggles and Accomplishments of the Class of 2018
6/8/18 Cal Poly to Award Three Honorary Doctorates at June 16-17 Commencement Ceremonies
6/7/18 Cal Poly Announces Keynote Speakers for Spring Commencement Ceremonies June 16 and 17
6/5/18 Upward Bound Project-Based Learning Program Returns this Summer to Cal Poly
6/4/18 Cal Poly Honors Community Volunteers, Groups with Service Awards

May 2018

5/31/18 Mustang Mile Raises Nearly $4,500 for Carson Starkey-Inspired Research Center at Cal Poly
5/31/18 Cal Poly Steel Bridge Team Finishes Second in National Competition
5/31/18 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Donate Tiny Home Structures to Hope’s Village
5/31/18 Cal Poly to Celebrate Grand Opening of New Oppenheimer Family Equine Center June 1
5/24/18 Cal Poly Engineering Students Take Top Three Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards
5/23/18 Civil Rights Activist DeRay Mckesson to Speak at Take Back the Night Event May 29 at Cal Poly
5/21/18 Cal Poly Project Expo on June 1 to Highlight Student Work Benefitting the Disabled, Disaster-Stricken, and More
5/21/18 Cal Poly Announces SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator Program’s 2018 Cohort
5/18/18 Cal Poly Names Adriana Popescu Dean of Library Services
5/17/18 Cal Poly Men and Masculinity Program to Host Manifest Exhibit May 22-25
5/17/18 Jupyter Collaboration Led by Cal Poly and UC Berkeley Receives Top Software Award
5/15/18 Cal Poly Students Earn Four Awards at Statewide Research Competition
5/15/18 Cal Poly Scholars Program to Receive $80,000 Gift From Amazon
5/14/18 Cal Poly’s University Jazz Bands to Play a Variety of Styles on June 9
5/14/18 Cal Poly Campus Community Members, Groups to be Honored at Annual Leadership Awards Ceremony
5/7/18 Student-Run ‘Succulentopia’ Plant Sale to Be Held May 11-12 at Cal Poly
5/3/18 Cal Poly Symphony and Choirs to Present Maurice Duruflé’s ‘Requiem’ and other French Masterworks on June 3
5/3/18 Cal Poly Team Excels in North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge
5/3/18  Cal Poly’s Wind Bands to Feature Student Saxophone Quartet at Spring Concert on June 2
5/3/18  Cal Poly to Host California FFA State Finals Competition on May 5
5/3/18 Cal Poly to Host Women in Cybersecurity Leadership Forum on May 9
5/1/18 ‘RSVP XXIII: Fatherland’ to be Staged May 29, 31 at Cal Poly
5/1/18 Cal Poly to Present ‘All That Brass’ Concert May 25
5/1/18 Cal Poly’s Campus Health and Wellbeing Hosting Second Annual Wellness Month

April 2018

4/27/18 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform with Guest Artists May 26
4/27/18 Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group Wins 15 National Awards at CMBAM
4/25/18 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department to Present Slasher Comedy ‘Hookman’ in May
4/25/18 Cal Poly’s Architectural Engineering Program Wins National Award
4/25/18 Cal Poly Political Science Junior Selected for Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s Congressional Internship Program
4/23/18 Cal Poly and County Food Bank to Host Food Distribution Site April 24
4/23/18 Christopher J. Woodruff Named Cal Poly’s Director of Bands
4/23/18 Cal Poly to Host Entrepreneurship Forum Introducing New Round of SLO HotHouse Accelerators on May 15
4/23/18 Cal Poly to Present an Evening of Woodwind and String Chamber Music May 22
4/19/18 Cal Poly Pier in Avila Beach to Host Open House, Public Tours on May 5
4/19/18 Cal Poly Professor and Author Publishes Guide to Iconic California Plants
4/18/18 NASA Mars InSight Mission Visiting Cal Poly April 28
4/18/18 Cal Poly to Co-Host April 19 Forum on Effects of and Policies Around Marijuana
4/18/18 Cal Poly’s Polyrhythmics to Perform on Campus May 18
4/16/18 Cal Poly Names Amy S. Fleischer to Lead College of Engineering
4/12/18 Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Beethoven Sonatas May 11 at Cal Poly
4/06/18 Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group Wins 26 State and National Awards at Two Conferences
4/05/18 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit Student Art from April 12 to May 11
4/05/18 Cal Poly Professor Receives Outstanding Researcher Award
4/03/18 Cal Poly Prepares for 25th Annual Open House on April 12-14
4/03/18 Cal Poly Seeks Entrants for Annual Community Flower Show  

March 2018

3/29/18 Annual Tomato Mania Plant Sale to be Held April 7-8 at Cal Poly
3/27/18 Cal Poly Professor Coleen Carrigan Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award
3/26/18 Cal Poly Kennedy Library Exhibit to Showcase Hip-Hop Culture April 12-June 15
3/26/18 Food Science Professor Awarded Grant to Study the Safe Storage of Fresh-Cut Greens
3/23/18 Cal Poly to Host Collegiate Timber Sports Competition on Campus March 28-30
3/15/18 Cal Poly Engineering Students Assist NASA MarCO CubeSat Flight to Mars
3/14/18 Cal Poly’s Design Village Competition Moves to Earth Day Weekend, April 20-22
3/14/18 Cal Poly and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Welcome California High School Students to Compete in Statewide Cybersecurity Challenge
3/13/18 Cal Poly Professor Recognized as Journalism Educator of the Year
3/12/18 Cal Poly Open House Recital Set for April 14
3/12/18 Cal Poly Meats Team Wins Norm Eggen Championship Cup at Cured Meats Competition
3/09/18 Cal Poly to Host Inaugural African-American Male Spring Summit
3/09/18 Cal Poly ROTC’s Class of 2017-18 Is Among the Top Programs in the Nation
3/09/18 Cal Poly Receives $300,000 U.S. Department of Justice Campus Program Grant for Gender-Based Violence Prevention
3/09/18 Cal Poly Biology Professor Helps Develop Model for Sustainable Ocean Use
3/08/18 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Win Top Honors at National Competition
3/07/18 Cal Poly Business Students Finish First at Bay Area Finance Competition
3/06/18 Cal Poly Names Boise State Executive as New Vice President of Development
3/05/18 Cal Poly to Host Seventh Annual Central Coast Lean Summit April 16-17
3/01/18 Cal Poly to Host March 29 Angel Conference, Where Central California Startups Will Compete for Funding

February 2018

2/23/18 Cal Poly to Host March 1 Panel Discussion on Men’s Place in #MeToo Movement
2/21/18 Campus Dining Supports Students Through the One Million Acts of Good Movement
2/21/18 Cal Poly Announces Associate Vice President for Information Technology
2/21/18 Cal Poly Packaging and Design Students Stand Out Among the World’s Best at Global Competition
2/19/18 New Program Led by Cal Poly and University at Buffalo Researchers Aims to Help Women in STEM Overcome Gender Discrimination
2/15/18 Cal Poly Choirs’ Winter Concert Explores the Theme of Light on March 17
2/15/18 Cal Poly Symphony to Feature Student Soloists and Stockdale High School Symphony Orchestra at Winter Concert March 16
2/14/18 Cal Poly to Host Guest Artist Presentation on Kenyan Folk Music March 12
2/14/18 Cal Poly Professors Awarded a $200,000 Healthy Soils State Grant
2/12/18 Cal Poly to Host Entrepreneurship Forum Focused on New Media on Feb. 27
2/12/18 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit ‘The Young Series’ by Amy Touchette
2/12/18 Holocaust Survivor and Social Activist to Speak at Cal Poly
2/08/18 Nineteen Cal Poly Students to be Honored by Lawmakers at State Capitol on Feb. 12
2/08/18 Cal Poly’s Camp PolyHacks Event Works Toward Solutions Through a Social-Entrepreneurship Hackathon
2/08/18 John Salmon Piano Recital of Classical and Jazz Compositions to be Held at Cal Poly March 8
2/07/18 Cal Poly Announces Grant to Improve Access for Low-Income California Students and Increase Campus Diversity
2/06/18 Cal Poly Students’ Cooling System Wins National ASHRAE Design Competition
2/05/18 Cal Poly Wind Band Concert to Feature Two World Premieres on March 3
2/05/18 Cal Poly Celebrates 2018 International Graphic Communication Week
2/02/18 Cal Poly Opens Research Center to Address Student Deaths on College Campuses
2/01/18 Country Artist Aaron Watson to Perform April 14 at the 2018 Poly Royal Rodeo at Cal Poly

January 2018

1/31/18 Cal Poly Dairy Judging Team Earns Top Honors at Southwestern Livestock Exposition
1/31/18 Cal Poly Student Team Takes Second Place at National Home Builders Competition
1/31/18 Cal Poly’s University Jazz Bands to Present ‘Just Jazz’ March 2
1/30/18 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department to Present Political Theater Piece ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ March 1-3, 8-10
1/30/18 Cal Poly Kinesiology and Public Health Professor Wins CSU Award for Outstanding Scholarship
1/25/18 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform with Guest Artists Feb. 24
1/25/18 Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band to Perform in Chinese New Year Parade Feb. 24 in San Francisco
1/25/18 Poly Royal Rodeo Returns to Alex G. Spanos Stadium April 13-14 at Cal Poly
1/25/18 Cal Poly Architecture Faculty Member Receives Humanitarian Award
1/25/18 Cal Poly to Provide Free Tax Preparation for Underserved Communities Beginning Feb. 3
1/24/18 Cal Poly Dedicates 4.5 Megawatt (AC) Solar Farm
1/17/18 Cal Poly to Host Talk with Longtime Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter on Feb. 9
1/11/18 Cal Poly to Present Free ‘Night at the Mission’ Chamber Concert Feb. 9
1/11/18 Cal Poly Orchesis Dance Company to Present ‘’80s Mix Tape’ Jan. 19-20 and 25-27
1/11/18 Cal Poly Research Finds Strong Support for Ocean Protection Worldwide
1/11/18 Cal Poly Student’s Poster Presentation Earns First Place at MIT Symposium
1/8/18 Cal Poly Collaborative Study Finds Noise from Oil and Gas Operations Stresses Birds and Hinders Their Reproduction
1/8/18 Cal Poly Center Named Finalist for National Entrepreneurship Award 
1/8/18 Cal Poly Named One of Nation’s Best Values by Kiplinger’s Finance Magazine
1/8/18 Trombonist Ralph Sauer to Present Master Class Feb. 3 at Cal Poly
1/8/18 Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit the Work of a Collective of Veteran Artists Jan. 16-Feb. 9
1/1/18 Cal Poly Float Wins Past Presidents Trophy at 2018 Rose Parade®

2017 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

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

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

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