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Soaking Up the Sun: Student Research Aims to Make Campus’ Solar Field More Powerful

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Ecology’s Next Frontier: Student Researchers Hone in on Rare and Understudied Lichens

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Could These Students Improve the Global Food Supply? They’re Finding Out — One Tractor at a Time

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'They Are Much More Engaged.' CSU Program Helps Cal Poly Students by Removing Barriers to Success

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Political Science Student Selected for Congressional Internship in D.C.: 'I Am Thrilled And Grateful.'

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Cal Poly Study Finds Light Pollution Increases Likelihood of Spreading West Nile Virus

A blonde woman in a black cardigan and blue dress wearing a gray mask stands in the middle of a room. Three masked students sit at computer bays on opposite sides of the room, appropriately distanced from each other.
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'A Great Service for the Community.' How the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Serves Clients in a Pandemic

Two people in white coats and hard hats inspect a white payload vessel with NASA logo on the front inside the Virgin Orbit facility.
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Cal Poly's 12th CubeSat Mission Wings Into Space in a Novel Way