Press Releases
Recent news releases covering Cal Poly's accomplishments, special events, speakers and more can be found below. Journalists can find additional resources on our News and Media page or by contacting our media team directly.
October 2024
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Cal Poly Receives Over $8 Million in Federal Grants to Address Education Challenges -
Inaugural San Luis Obispo Prescribed Fire Training Event Brings Cal Poly, Diverse Partners Together to Burn and Learn -
Cal Poly’s Counseling and Psychological Services Recognized for Mental Health Programs -
Now Available: 120 New Housing Units in San Luis Obispo for Cal Poly Faculty and Staff -
Cal Poly, CSU Monterey Bay Team up on $750,000 National Science Foundation Grant on Equitable Data Science Collaborations
September 2024
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Cal Poly Partners Plaza Grand Opening Celebration Set for Oct. 5 -
Cal Poly Again Named Best in the West Among Public and Private Universities in 2025 U.S. News and World Report Ratings -
Cal Poly Partners with Cuesta, Hancock Colleges to Make it Easier for Local Students to Earn Four-Year Degrees -
Cal Poly Psychology Student Receives CSU Trustees’ Award and $7,000 Scholarship -
Starship Robots Coming to Cal Poly Campus Dining -
Cal Poly Rose Float Celebrates the ‘Best Day Ever’ at the Lake with Nessie -
Cal Poly CIE to Host Annual Demo Day Entrepreneur Showcase on Sept. 6
August 2024
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Cal Poly Named One of Nation’s Top 25 Public Schools by Forbes -
Cal Poly Partners Plaza to Open for Fall Athletics -
Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub and Snopes.com to Enhance User Experience with Generative AI with AWS
July 2024
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Cal Poly Names UCLA Business and Finance Officer as New Senior VP for Administration and Finance -
Cal Poly Political Science and History Student Selected for Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program -
Cal Poly’s Amy S. Fleischer Elected Vice Chair of ASEE Engineering Deans Council -
Cal Poly’s Expanding Tech Park Welcomes NOAA as New Tenant -
Cal Poly Plan to Expand Student Housing Receives CSU Trustees’ Approval -
New Livestream Video of Wild Rattlesnake Den Now Available as Part of Community Service Project Led by Cal Poly -
Cal Poly Recognized for Efforts to Improve Student Success and College Completion
June 2024
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Cal Poly’s Upward Bound Program Sends 100% of High School Graduates to College -
Cal Poly Receives Top Five-Star Ranking from Money Magazine’s Latest Best Colleges List -
Cal Poly Economics Professor Says Stats Can Help Build the Next NBA Champions -
Cal Poly Invests in New Downtown Location to Boost Regional Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development -
Cal Poly Architecture Students Resurrect Yearbook Tradition -
Two Cal Poly Student Startups Split $28,000 in Awards at Sunstone CSU Startup Launch Competition -
Cal Poly Commencement 2024 Ceremonies Set for June 15-16 -
Three Cal Poly Student Entrepreneur Teams Win Thousands for Innovative Startup Ideas at the CIE’s Annual Innovation Quest Competition -
Cal Poly Great Grads Were Tested and Inspired — and Found Their Passions -
Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Announces 2024 Summer Accelerator Cohort -
Cal Poly Strawberry Center and U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Receive Additional $1.25 Million in Federal Funding
May 2024
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Cal Poly Funds 18 Faculty Projects Through Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant Program -
Cal Poly Welcomes NASA Astronaut and Alumnus Victor Glover for a Day of Learn by Doing -
Cal Poly Kennedy Library Transformation Team to Host Virtual Town Hall Event May 20 -
Cal Poly Students Tie for Most Total Awards at 38th Annual CSU Research Competition -
Cal Poly Chosen for Community of Practice to Improve Data Collection and Support of Parenting Students -
Cal Poly Noyce School of Applied Computing Announces Transformational $60 Million Gift from The Robert N. Noyce Trust -
Cal Poly Symphony and Choirs to Present a Concert of French and American Music on June 8 -
Cal Poly Wind Bands to Present ‘All Hail, Green and Gold!’ Concert on June 2
April 2024
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Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble Spring Concert Set for June 1 -
Cal Poly Career Services Launches Professional Clothing Closet Drive -
Cal Poly Soundings Productions to Feature Boston-Based Transient Canvas May 30-31 -
Cal Poly Music Department to Offer Free Student Recitals in May and June -
Bassist Marcus Shelby to be Featured at Spring Jazz Concert on May 17 at Cal Poly -
Eco-Friendly Glue Designed by Cal Poly, Geisys Researchers Earns Industry ‘Innovation Award’ -
Violinist Sarah Saviet to Present Master Class and Recital on May 16 at Cal Poly -
Pianist W. Terrence Spiller to Perform Final Beethoven Sonata Cycle Recital on May 10 at Cal Poly
March 2024
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Cleared for Success: Cal Poly Announces Unprecedented Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program -
Annual Tomato Spectacular Plant Sale to Be Held April 20 at Cal Poly -
Cal Poly Music Department to Present Open House Recital on April 13 -
Cal Poly Earns STARS Gold Rating for Sustainability Achievements -
Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre to Present ‘Spring Opera Scenes’ on April 13 -
Cal Poly Announces New Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Success Center
February 2024
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Taylor Farms pledges $2 Million to Support Cal Poly’s New Plant Sciences Complex -
Cal Poly Chemistry Professor Earns Prestigious $120,000 Grant Award for Education, Research-Based Initiatives -
Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform Winter Concert on March 16 -
Cal Poly Choirs to Present ‘Traditions’ Concert on March 17 -
Cal Poly Marketing Class Acts as a Full-Service Creative Agency for College Athletes Seeking Endorsement Deals -
Cal Poly Astronomy Fellowship’s Second Year to Examine High-Energy Particle Jets Near Supermassive Black Holes -
Cal Poly Band and Orchestra Festival Finale Concert Set for March 15 -
Cal Poly Corporation Renamed Cal Poly Partners -
Cal Poly to Present ‘Bach, Brubeck and Beyond’ Piano Duet Recital on March 7 -
Cal Poly Symphony to Showcase Student Winners and Music from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ on March 9 Concert -
Cal Poly Cantabile to Present ACDA Send-Off Concert on March 1 in San Luis Obispo
January 2024
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Cal Poly Rose Float Seeks Design Ideas for 2025 Rose Parade® Entry -
Cal Poly Awarded $2M Grant from National Science Foundation to Transform Computer Engineering Department -
Cal Poly Students Have Volunteered More Than 27,000 Hours of Service to Local Agencies Through #CaliforniansForAll College Corps Program -
Cal Poly Jazz Ensembles to Present Winter Concert on Feb. 23 -
Cal Poly Unveils 1901 Marketplace -
Cal Poly Music Department to Present Electronic Music Concert on Feb. 8 -
Cal Poly Float Receives Crown City Innovator Award at 2024 Rose Parade®
December 2023
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Cal Poly to Present Annual Bach Week Jan. 18-21 -
Cal Poly Electrical Engineering Professor Secures $496K Grant to Tackle Power Grid Challenges with Advanced Computing -
Cal Poly Students Create Sustainability Training Program for Campus Peers
November 2023
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Cal Poly Engineering Professors Earn Recognition with Breakthrough Patent in Early Wildfire Detection -
Eco-Friendly Glue Breakthrough Designed by Cal Poly Chemistry Team Receives Patent -
Cal Poly Center for Military-Connected Students Celebrates Grand Opening of New Campus Location -
Cal Poly Again Ranks First in the Nation in Study Abroad Survey -
Cal Poly Hosts Annual Poinsettia Sale Dec. 2 and Dec. 9 -
Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform Fall Concert on Dec. 2 -
Cal Poly Symphony Fall Concert on Dec. 3 to Include the Harmony Magnet Academy Symphony Orchestra -
Cal Poly Choirs to Present Seventh Annual ‘Holiday Kaleidoscope’ on Dec. 1
October 2023
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Cal Poly Fall Jazz Concert Set for Nov. 17 in Spanos Theatre -
Cal Poly Journalism Department to Host Festival of Journalism from Oct. 26-27 -
Cal Poly Study Finds Behavioral, Psychological Factors Critical Factors in Maintaining Healthy Habits -
Cal Poly Technology Park 16,000-Square-Foot Expansion Underway -
Boston Brass to Perform for Cal Poly Bandfest on Nov. 9 -
Cal Poly to Host ¡Adelante! Hispanic-Serving Institution Symposium Featuring Keynote Speaker Dolores Huerta -
Cal Poly Pier Open House Event Set for Oct. 28 -
Real Time Occupancy Rates to Soon be Available for On-Campus Study Spaces at Cal Poly -
Cal Poly Swimming and Diving Team to Recognize Safer’s Dating Violence Action Month -
Cal Poly Receives Five-Year, Nearly $900,000 Study to Understand Human-Caused Noise and Light Impacts on Birds
September 2023
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Cal Poly Students to Provide Service to San Luis Obispo Community Through #CaliforniansForAll College Corp -
Cal Poly Music Faculty Showcase Set for Oct. 20 During Mustang Family Weekend -
Stingrays and Electric Eels Celebrate Cal Poly Universities’ 75th Rose Float Entry -
Cal Poly Named Best in the West Among Public and Private Universities in 2024 U.S. News and World Report Ratings -
Experimental Guitarist Matt Sargent to Present Free Recital with Electronics on Oct. 13 at Cal Poly -
Cal Poly Announces Increased Year-Round Operation Beginning Fall 2024 -
Cal Poly Biology Student to Receive CSU Trustees’ Award and $7,000 Scholarship -
Cal Poly College of Engineering Faculty Members Honored by Society of Women Engineers for Advancing Diversity -
Cal Poly Music Department Announces 2023-24 Events Season -
Cal Poly Receives $1.9 Million for Climate Action Initiatives as Part of $80 Million State Funding Plan
August 2023
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Cal Poly Political Science Student Selected for Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program -
Nine in 10 Cal Poly Graduates are Employed or Pursuing Graduate Degrees -
Cal Poly and Western Region Fire Officials Announce Alliance Aimed at Creating Fire-Resilient Communities -
Cal Poly Study Analyzes Nearshore California Marine Heat Waves and Cold Spells Amid Changing Climate Conditions
July 2023
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Cal Poly Strawberry Center Presents New Strawberry Farming Research and Innovation Efforts -
Cal Poly Receives Top 5-Star Ranking in Money Magazine’s 2023 Best Colleges List -
Cal Poly Off-Campus Housing Program Partners with EDUrain Housing Rental Platform -
Summer Sees Long List of Campus Enhancement Projects Beginning at Cal Poly
June 2023
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Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Wins Its Seventh National Title In 13 Years -
Cal Poly 2023 Commencement Set for June 17-18 -
Six Outstanding Cal Poly Graduates Reflect the Power of Learn by Doing -
Three Santa Maria Sisters Will Graduate from Cal Poly on June 17 and 18 -
Cal Poly Funds 17 Faculty Research Projects through the Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant Program -
Cal Poly Implements Sustainable Measures to Enhance Commencement Experience
May 2023
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Cal Poly Researchers Report Morro Bay Wind Energy Project Could Create Thousands of Jobs, Make Morro Bay a Leader in California’s Transition to Green Energy -
Cal Poly College of Engineering Graduates Win Big at CSU Startup Competition -
Four Cal Poly Students Recognized at CSU Student Research Competition -
Cal Poly Innovation Capabilities to Expand with New 5G Innovation Lab -
Cal Poly Campus Dining Wins Bronze Award in National Competition -
Cal Poly to Host Communications and Disability Expert on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, May 18 -
Four Cal Poly Student Entrepreneur Teams Win $35,000 for Their Innovative Startup Ideas at CIE’s Annual Innovation Quest Competition -
Cal Poly Amusement Park Club Wins National Contest with Model Roller Coaster -
Cal Poly Recognizes 2023 Campus Sustainability Awards Winners -
Cal Poly Cheese Takes First Place in Specialty Dairy Competition -
Cal Poly Dedicates the William and Linda Frost Center for Research and Innovation -
Cal Poly to Host Holistic Justice Debate Competition on May 6 -
Cal Poly Choirs to Present ‘In Her Words’ on June 4 with the Tucson Girls Chorus -
Cal Poly Symphony to Perform Music of Guest Artist Bahram Osqueezadeh on June 3 -
Cal Poly to Host California FFA State Finals Competition May 6 -
Cal Poly’s ‘RSVP: Soundings’ to Feature Percussion Trio line upon line June 1-2 -
Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo Partners Will Bring Matika Wilbur’s ‘Project 562’ to the Palm Theatre on May 5
April 2023
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Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble Spring Concert Set for May 27 -
Cal Poly Spring Jazz Concert to Feature Guests Inga Swearingen and George Stone on May 26 -
University of San Francisco Professor Bradley Onishi to Speak on Christian Nationalism in America on May 5 at Cal Poly -
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