Recent News
2015 Cal Poly Landwehr Creative Writing Contest Winners Announced
Mar 19, 2015
Cal Poly English major Rhiannon Kelly and manufacturing engineering major Kory Barri won the university’s 2015 Al Landwehr Creative Writing Contest.
Music Department to Present Open House Recital April 18
Mar 19, 2015
The Cal Poly Music Department will present an Open House Student Recital at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, April 18, in the Davidson Music Center (Building 45), Room 218, on campus.
Cal Poly to Present All-State Music Festival Concert April 19
Mar 17, 2015
The Cal Poly Music Department will host the Cal Poly All-State Festival Concert, featuring some of the state’s best high school musicians, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, in the Performing Arts Center’s Harman Hall.
Open House Concert Set for April 17
Mar 17, 2015
Three Cal Poly music ensembles featuring more than 100 of the university’s finest student musicians will perform at this year’s Open House Concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 17, in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts Center.
Graphic Communication Wins Award for Technology Leadership in Education
Mar 13, 2015
Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department was awarded the Flexi Award for Technology Leadership in Education during the 2015 FlexTech Alliance Conference Feb. 27 in Monterey, Calif.
Professor Awarded $152,000 NSF Grant for Research of Connections Between Slavery and Science
Mar 13, 2015
Cal Poly History Professor Kathleen Murphy received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for more than $152,000 for her project “Exploring the Use of British Slave Trade Ships to Gather Biological Specimens and Data.”
English Professor Named CSU Bakersfield Writer in Residence
Mar 13, 2015
Cal Poly English Professor and author John Hampsey has been named the 2015 CSU Bakersfield (CSUB) Stiern Library PG&E Writer in Residence.
Band Fraternity Receives National Award
Mar 13, 2015
Kappa Kappa Psi, the national honorary band fraternity, has awarded Cal Poly’s Iota Pi chapter its 2013-15 Leadership Award.
Mustang News Breaks Record with State Media Convention Awards
Mar 13, 2015
Cal Poly’s Mustang News received 22 awards during the 31st annual Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) National College Journalism Convention held Feb. 26-March 1 in Los Angeles.
Students to Partner with Opera San Luis Obispo in ‘The Merry Widow’ April 10-11
Mar 9, 2015
Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre (CPSOT) and Opera San Luis Obispo (OperaSLO) are partnering in opera education to present Franz Lehar’s romantic operetta “The Merry Widow” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, in the Spanos Theatre on campus.