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Cal Poly Hackathon Awards Top Prize to Mental Health Application
Feb 12, 2015
Team Optimist, from left, Hannah Giorgi, Alyssa Wigant and Miranda
Pickett, Jacob Johannesen and Cory Mayer and Johnson Zhou.
Photo: Jay Thompson, Cal Poly
A team of six Cal Poly students received $2,500 and four iPad tablets for their mobile mental health application as top prize winner at Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s 2nd annual Design and Dev Hackathon.
Cal Poly to Present Theatrical Production ‘The Other Shore’ Feb. 26-March 7
Feb 12, 2015
Cal Poly’s Theatre and Dance Department will present Nobel Prize-winner Gao Xingjian’s “The Other Shore” at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 26-28, and March 5-7, in the Spanos Theatre on campus.
Santa Clara Ethics Professor to Discuss Software, App Design March 5 at Cal Poly
Feb 12, 2015
Santa Clara University Philosophy Professor Shannon Vallor will speak on “Ethics for Software/App Design” at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the Advanced Technology Laboratories (Building 7) at Cal Poly.
‘Perspectives on Religion and Society’ Series Set for February and March at Cal Poly
Feb 12, 2015
Cal Poly will host three events exploring “Perspectives on Religion and Society” from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Feb. 10 and 17, and Thursday, March 5, on campus.
University Art Gallery to Feature Interactive Exhibit Feb. 20-March 13
Feb 12, 2015
Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery will present “Making Space for Free-Play,” an interactive and collaborative installation by internationally renowned artist Sheila Pepe and Cal Poly students to run Feb. 20 through March 13.
Cal Poly Choirs’ Winter Concert to Highlight ‘Romance and the Romantics’ on March 7
Feb 10, 2015
Cal Poly alumna and acclaimed soprano Kathleen Magee Querec will return to her alma mater as guest artist in the Cal Poly Choirs’ Winter Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.
Cal Poly Grads Win 4th Annual Startup Weekend SLO
Feb 10, 2015
From left, Scott Burns, Hyung Park and Anthony Lipscomb present their startup idea, Collectively, at the 4th annual Startup Weekend SLO. The trio of Cal Poly graduates edged out more than 100 other competitors on a dozen other teams at the event. (Photo by Jay Thompson, Cal Poly)
A trio of Cal Poly graduates who work together at a San Luis Obispo software company won the 4th annual Startup Weekend SLO, which gives entrepreneurs a chance to pitch their ideas, test and launch their firms — all in 54 hours.
Archaeologist to Discuss Dominican Submerged Caverns on Feb. 24
Jan 30, 2015
Archaeologist John Foster will present “Touching the Taino Underworld: Archaeological Explorations of Submerged Caverns in the Dominican Republic” at 7 p.m. Feb. 24, in Room 112 of the Business Building (No. 3), on campus.
ARTS Obispo to Honor Two Cal Poly Music Faculty Members Jan. 31
Jan 28, 2015
Cal Poly music faculty member Jacalyn Kreitzer and Music Professor Emeritus Clifton Swanson will be honored for outstanding achievement in the performing arts by ARTS Obispo on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Wind Bands’ Pops Concert Set for Feb. 28
Jan 28, 2015
Cal Poly’s Winter Band Concert featuring the 65-member Wind Ensemble and 70-member Wind Orchestra is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, in Harman Hall of the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.