The Cal Poly Tech Park opened Wednesday, Oct. 27 to enable students to get work experience and collaboration opportunities with faculty members, other students and local businesses.
Election Day precincts see large number of students
Many students met in Chumash Auditorium in the University Union plaza to vote Tuesday afternoon, in what precinct inspector Val Barboza said was one of the best turnouts she had ever seen.
Get ‘Punchd’ with two Cal Poly students’ senior project
Computer science seniors Reed Morse and Grantland Chew turned their senior project into a business with “Punchd,” a phone application for any smart phone that acts as a digital “loyalty punch card”— in other words, a buy 10-get-1-free card.
Student creates application dedicated to everything Cal Poly
A new Cal Poly application for the iPhone and iPod Touch created by aerospace engineering freshman William Sidell hit the Apple App Store on Oct. 20.
City and regional planning professor wins ACSP award
City and regional planning department head Hemalata C. Dandekar won the Margarita McCoy Award for working towards advancing women in the planning field.
Privacy matters on the Internet
Online privacy is a growing concern for Cal Poly students and staff. Find out ways to protect your information from resident techie David Dynes.
Black bear gives SLOPD big ‘paws’
Two bear sightings, one near Marsh Street and a second near Spring and Flora streets, occurred late Oct. 27 and early Oct. 28, according to a press release by the San Luis Obispo Police Department.
Cal Poly wind turbines to start running this quarter
Winds will blow for the first time in the Cal Poly Wind Power Research Center wind turbine this quarter after three years of planning. This addition to campus has influenced talks about implementing other wind-related innovations by the Cal Poly Wind Power Research Center.
FLASH program to evaluate Cal Poly student health over time
Cal Poly’s statistics department is helping the kinesiology department’s FLASH program organize data that will show the overall health of thousands of Cal Poly students over a period of four years.
Study says college dropouts cost billions in taxes
With recent reports of college drop-outs costing nearly $8 billion in taxpayer money, Cal Poly is making efforts to keep students in school.
Local businesses caught selling to minors
Six local businesses may face repercussions after selling alcohol to a minor involved in a San Luis Obispo Police Department decoy operation.