Recent News
Cal Poly Student’s Water Crisis Forecast Research Takes First at Competition
Jun 25, 2015
Cal Poly anthropology and geography student Mike Johnson took first place in the California Geographical Society’s Geosystems Award competition for his research project “Developing a Decision-Support System for Forecasting Future Water Availability in California.”
Cal Poly Journalism Students Awarded Sacramento Press Club Scholarships
Jun 25, 2015
Cal Poly Journalism students Benjy Egel of Davis, Calif., and Leah Horner of Sacramento recently won a total of $12,000 in scholarship funds from the Sacramento Press Club.
Cal Poly Center for Arts Education, YMCA Launch Middle School Technology Arts Program
Jun 23, 2015
The Central Coast Center for Arts Education at Cal Poly (CCCAE) and the YMCA Youth Institute (Y.I.) have embarked on a three-year collaboration to provide a technology arts-based afterschool and summer program for students at Laguna Middle School in San Luis Obispo.
Cal Poly Graphic Communication to Host International Conference July 5-10
Jun 18, 2015
Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department will host an unprecedented conference focusing on graphic arts education July 5-10.
Cal Poly Graphic Communication Students Honored for Book Designs
Jun 17, 2015
Four Cal Poly graphic communication students took home top awards for their book design work from the Publishing Professionals Network (PPN) on May 20.
Cal Poly Alumna’s Undergraduate Research Awarded Top Honor at Social Sciences Conference
Jun 17, 2015
Cal Poly 2014 social sciences graduate Mikaela Vournas recently received the Charles McCall Best Undergraduate Paper Award at the 40th annual California State University (CSU) Social Science Student Symposium.
Cal Poly History Professor Selected as Scholar at Institute for Advanced Study
Jun 17, 2015
Cal Poly History Professor Matthew Hopper was selected as a fall 2015 scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.
Cal Poly Graphic Communication Students Sweep Technical Writing Competition
Jun 10, 2015
Cal Poly graphic communication students Rachel DeNoble, Christina Barton and Rachel Day won first, second and third place, respectively, in the 2015 Gravure Education Foundation/Flint Group Technical Writing Competition.
Cal Poly English Professor Emeritus Awarded Fulbright to Teach in Bulgaria
Jun 9, 2015
Cal Poly English Professor Emeritus Carol MacCurdy was selected to receive a 2015-16 Fulbright Award.
Cal Poly English Major Wins Academy of American Poets Award
Jun 9, 2015
Cal Poly English major Marissa Ahmadkhani of Gilroy, Calif., won Cal Poly’s Academy of American Poets Contest.