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Agriculture and Food

The Dairy Best: Students Make — And Scoop — Sweet Summertime Treats

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California Impact

Beating the Heat: Students Map California Tree Canopy to Cool Cities as Climate Warms

Seven smiling students line up for a photo alongside a light blue-tinted canoe
Science and Technology

'We Just Won Our Seventh National Title!' Concrete Canoe Team Expands Record

Three students work on a prototype for an autonomous rescue vehicle, which looks like a small boat, in a lab.
California Impact

Shoot for the Moon: Engineering Students Showcase Prototypes at NASA Challenge

A student in green and gold graduation regalia smiles into the sky as green and gold streamers sail overhead.
Campus and Community

A Mace, Mortal Kombat and One Very Proud Family: Six Things to Know About Cal Poly Commencement

A composite of six professional headshots of students graduating in the class of 2023.
Our Students

Congrats, Grads! Meet Six Outstanding Students from the Class of 2023

A view of the green hills leading down to the coast in Morro Bay. Morro Rock is visible in the distance.
California Impact

Local Town Could Make California a Green Energy Leader, Professors' Report Says

Professor Jenn Yost, center, stands in a greenhouse at the new Plant Conservatory with two other students, looking at tropical plants.
Environment and Sustainability

Photo Essay: New Plant Conservatory Opens Its Doors

CalPoly The Magazine for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Two students use hand tools to dig for artifacts in the soil near the Pacific Ocean

Digging Deeper

As future archaeologists honed their skills on an excavation site, a Japanese American family — forcibly removed from their home by incarceration — reconnected to their roots.

A crew of firefighters walks through burnt brush and tree limbs

Forged in Flame

For 50 years, a firefighting crew has attracted Cal Poly students looking for experience in teamwork and leadership.

A student smiles while kneeling next to a drone on a runway

When Research Takes Flight

One student is working to help monarch butterflies survive — and thrive — through wind research.

Cal Poly In the News

Students propose designs for integrated community, sustainable energy in Paradise rebuild

Chico Enterprise-Record

Student engineers create bionic hands for a boy burned in a horrendous crash

Los Angeles Times

Cal Poly is one of 10 best U.S. universities for students who want to score waves while getting a degree

Surfer Magazine