Recent News
Cal Poly Debate Team Garners More Success at Championship Tournament Feb. 21
Feb 27, 2015
Cal Poly’s Debate Team attended the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association’s Spring Championship Tournament at Moorpark College on Feb. 21. Debaters Brandon Bartlett (English) and Euni Kim (Communication Studies), both in their first year at Cal Poly, placed third at the tournament after arguing the merits of nuclear weapons. Both students were honored among the attendees from colleges and universities across Southern California and Arizona.
Cal Poly’s International Printing Week 2015 Draws Record Numbers
Feb 27, 2015
More than 450 students, faculty and industry representatives attended the Cal Poly Graphic Communication Department’s 2015 International Printing Week, held Jan. 26-30.
Cal Poly Debate Team: Semifinalists at San Diego Invitational Tournament
Feb 23, 2015
The Cal Poly Debate Team became the only California school to advance beyond the preliminary rounds of the Sunset Cliffs Classic Forensics Tournament, which took place on Feb. 7-8, at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. Drawing competitors from across the western United States, the tournament hosted several top schools, along with other state institutions such as UCLA, Pepperdine University and Claremont McKenna College.
Cal Poly's University Jazz Bands to Perform ‘Just Jazz’ March 13
Feb 19, 2015
Cal Poly’s jazz bands will display the innovation of jazz and its tradition during the Just Jazz concert at 8 p.m. Friday, March 13, in the Spanos Theatre on campus.
Cal Poly to Screen Emmy-Nominated ‘California State of Mind’ Feb. 25
Feb 19, 2015
Cal Poly will host award-winning filmmaker Sascha Rice for a screening of her latest documentary, “California State of Mind,” from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center Pavilion. A discussion with Rice and Political Science Professor Michael Latner will follow the screening.
Cal Poly Symphony to Feature Student Soloists in March 8 Concert
Feb 18, 2015
The Cal Poly Symphony’s Winter Concert on Sunday, March 8, will be a collaborative performance celebrating the talents of student soloists and members of the university’s Orchesis Dance Company. It will take place at 3 p.m. in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.
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.