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The 2020 guidebook, which ranked 1,921 colleges and universities across the nation, lists Cal Poly in fourth overall in the West — up eight spots from last year’s rankings. Continue reading Cal Poly Earns 27th Consecutive Best in ... Cal Poly Students Creating Prosthetics for Boy Who Lost Fingers in Fiery Crash May 29, 2019 10-year-old Julian Reynoso of Los Angeles will receive two prosthetic hands on campus June 8 SAN LUIS OBISPO — While the wounds on 10-year-old Julian Reynoso’s hands are healing from a deadly drunken driving accident, a team of Cal Poly engineering students is working to restore the boy’s quality of life by creating a pair of prosthetic hands that will help him be a kid again. “He couldn’t play with Legos, he couldn’t do all the simple things that I enjoyed in my childhood,” said Ryan Kissinger, co-lead of the Hands for Julian team. “So, the scope of the project is restoring that for him.” Continue reading Cal Poly Students Creating Prosthetics for Boy ... Cal Poly Power of Doing Campaign Takes First Public Steps with Major Gifts, Groundbreaking May 10, 2019 University starts work on largely donor-funded multidisciplinary complex, announces two gifts totaling $60 million SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Power of Doing: The Campaign for Learn by Doing has taken the first major steps of its public phase as Cal Poly has begun work on a multidisciplinary complex and announced two major donations totaling $60 million. Cal Poly launched the capital campaign — the largest fundraising initiative in university history, with a goal of $700 million by 2021 — in support of the university’s signature hands-on learning approach. Today the university announced the first two gifts of the initiative’s public phase: Continue reading Cal Poly Power of Doing Campaign Takes ... Cal Poly Celebrates Six Patents for Research in 2018-19 Feb 5, 2020 It’s the largest number that university researchers have been awarded in a single academic year SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly faculty researchers received a record six patents last academic, year for a range of concepts including medical devices, construction and packaging materials, and a device that has the potential to bring light and electricity to people living off-grid in developing nations. Continue reading Cal Poly Celebrates Six Patents for Research ... Cal Poly, City Collaboration Leads to Record Low Noise Complaints and Citations Feb 5, 2020 SAN LUIS OBISPO –– San Luis Obispo residents continue to see positive results from shared efforts by the city and Cal Poly to reduce neighborhood issues near the campus, including noise complaints and citations. Continue reading Cal Poly, City Collaboration Leads to Record ... Cal Poly’s CLA Speaks Features Discussion with Political Theorist Langdon Winner on March 3 Feb 3, 2020 SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly will host a talk and discussion March 3 with political theorist and author Langdon Winner, Ph.D., who focuses on social and political issues that surround modern technological change. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in Spanos Theatre on campus. Continue reading Cal Poly’s CLA Speaks Features Discussion with ... Cal Poly Winter Jazz Concert to Include Cuesta College Jazz Ensemble on Feb. 29 Jan 31, 2020 SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Jazz Ensembles will be joined by the Cuesta College Jazz Ensemble for the Winter Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, in Miossi Hall of the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center . Continue reading Cal Poly Winter Jazz Concert to Include ... Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Adds New Faculty Fellows to Inspire Startups and Innovation Jan 31, 2020 New cohort includes three College of Engineering faculty members and one from the College of Science and Mathematics SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship has added four educators to its Faculty Fellows advisor program to inspire startups. The latest fellows include College of Engineering faculty members Hani Alzraiee (civil engineering) Lauren Cooper (mechanical engineering), Chris Heylman (biomedical engineering) along with Javin Oza (chemistry and biochemistry) from the College of Science and Mathematics. Continue reading Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship ... Cal Poly Receives $225,000 CalRecycle Grant to Support Campus Recycling Efforts Jan 29, 2020 SAN LUIS OBISPO — A $225,000 state grant will help Cal Poly increase beverage container recycling and support other campus recycling programs as the university works to create a zero waste campus. Cal Poly’s Energy, Utilities, and Sustainability Department will use the funds from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, or CalRecycle, to purchase and install about 690 blue beverage container recycling bins in interior/exterior hallways, courtyards and student dorm rooms, as well as a dozen sets of Big Belly solar compactor stations — smart, sensor-equipped waste and recycling stations that communicate real-time status to ground crews to enable efficiencies — in busy and high volume areas throughout campus. Continue reading Cal Poly Receives $225,000 CalRecycle Grant to ... Cal Poly Rose Float Launches Concept Contest for 2021 Float; Deadline is Feb. 6 Jan 28, 2020 Winning concept will form the basis for Cal Poly universities’ 73rd float entry in the annual New Year’s Day parade SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly Rose Float is accepting submissions for its Rose Float Concept Contest, which will help shape the entry in next year’s Rose Parade®. The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. Continue reading Cal Poly Rose Float Launches Concept Contest ... Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » Related Content CONNECT WITH CAL POLY CONNECT WITH CAL POLY CP Home Directory Campus Maps & Directions University Store Calendar Employment Campus Policies Contact Us Privacy Notice Web Accessibility Statement © 2020 California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California 93407 Phone: 805-756-1111...