Julian Reynoso will receive two prosthetic hands made by students in the Quality of Life Plus (QL+) Lab over the past three quarters.
Proposed Business Building renovations would add coffee kiosk, study areas and analytics agency
The Orfalea College of Business (OCOB) is proposing a new addition to the current Business Building (building 3). The new two-story addition will occupy the current outdoor courtyard area. The proposed 6,000 square-foot building will consist of two floors, each…
Photographer Emerson Ricard connects art and the natural world
EMERSON RICARD A photographer connecting art and the natural world Arms raised high and tangled in a crimson bed sheet, he carried a mattress above his head through the sand in Morro Bay. Emerson Ricard laughed as he recalled the…
15 year-old pop star Grace VanderWaal headlined part two of Spring Fever
Singer-songwriter and winner of NBC’s 11th season of America’s Got Talent Grace VanderWaal headlined part two of Spring Fever, an on-campus concert series hosted by Associated Students, Inc. (ASI), at 7 p.m. Friday, May 31 in the University Union (UU)…
Christopher Blevins: Racing from the desk to the dirt
If someone unknowingly sat next to Christopher Blevins in one of their classes, they wouldn’t expect him to be one of the most exciting young prospects in competitive mountain biking, or that he’s likely competing in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Artist Bruce Munro turns Paso hills into dazzling ‘Field of Light’ display
As the sun sets over the foothills in Paso Robles, 58,800 fiber-optic lights fade in and out in massive color-changing waves, creating an iridescent sea. Located 37 miles north of Cal Poly, Sensorio is a 15-acre interactive light installation that…
One student’s senior project takes people back to a roaring time in pop-up speakeasy
Senior Sawyer Koelsch and 7 Sisters Brewing Company will host a 1920s-esque speakeasy this Sunday.
ASI belly dancing instructor hopes to “open people’s hearts” to Middle Eastern culture
Dressed in traditional skirts with gold coins, students and community members shuffled into the Recreation Center dance studio. Amid the weights, treadmills and ab machines, they shimmied their hips and immersed themselves in the traditional dances of the Arab world.…
Cal Poly seniors create a portable Santa Maria-style grill
Cal Poly industrial technology and packaging seniors Sydney Goodbody, Reid Fuhr and Sean Wolfe, alongside nine others, have been tirelessly working to make their BBQ dreams become a reality. This 12-person team came together for their senior capstone course to…
UCs provide Hormone Replacement Therapy for students — why doesn’t Cal Poly?
During her sophomore year at Cal Poly, environmental management and protection junior Autumn Ford came out as transgender non-binary and was ready to begin her physical transition with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). “I had known from a fairly moderate age…
Meet Luke Francis Austin: An artist sparking conversation about race and gender
If you walked into the University Art Gallery last May, you likely would have seen evocative art that touched on roles of race and gender created by art and design senior Luke Francis Austin. In one of their most well-known…