San Luis Obispo County reported 474 active COVID-19 cases on Monday, Nov. 9 — the most active cases in the county since the pandemic began. This beats the previous record of 465 active COVID-19 cases reported on Aug. 26, according to County Public Health.
Twenty-six students test positive for COVID-19
Sixteen students living on-campus and 10 students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Nov. 3, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4. Despite the rise in COVID-19 cases on-campus, only two new University Housing residents…
John Laird is leading State Senate District 17 race
This story will be updated as results come in throughout the night. Democrat John Laird is leading with 250,526 votes ahead of Republican Vicki Nohrden with 117,837 votes for the State Senate District 17 race as of 9:27 a.m., according…
University performs more than 1,200 COVID-19 tests in one day
Due to potential COVID-19 exposure in University Housing, 36 on-campus students were ordered to quarantine-in-place since Oct. 29. This is the highest number of new quarantine-in-place residents since Friday, Oct. 16, bringing the total number of students quarantined-in-place to 131. …
County reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases since August, 10 students test positive
San Luis Obispo County reported 49 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 28, according to County Public Health. This is the most new COVID-19 cases reported in one day since Aug. 29, when 61 new cases were reported.
Amid COVID-19 budget cuts, university appoints administrator to a second position and pauses hiring search
Following a projected budget deficit of $35 million amid COVID-19-related losses, Cal Poly will appoint Interim Dean of the Orfalea College of Business (OCOB) Al Liddicoat to simultaneously serve in a second administrative position. Liddicoat will serve as Interim Executive Director for Human Resources and Academic Personnel, in addition to OCOB dean.
Eleven students test positive for COVID-19, again
Two students living on-campus and nine students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Oct. 26, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27. San Luis Obispo County reported 17 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday afternoon, according…
Ten on-campus residents released from COVID-19 isolation yesterday
This story was updated Oct. 28 with additional information about students recovered from COVID-19 and students isolated and quarantined on campus Ten students living on-campus who tested positive for COVID-19 have been released from isolation since Saturday, Oct. 24, according…
English associate professor Chelsea Milbourne dies from a heart attack
English associate professor Chelsea Milbourne died after a sudden heart attack last week. Milbourne is survived by her husband, Jeff, and their three-year-old daughter Eleanor, according to a campus-wide email. Milbourne was brought to Cal Poly in 2014 to lead…
Why a Cal Poly dance club removed the term “urban” from its name
The former Cal Poly dance club “Urban Movement” changed its name to “United in Movement” this September.
University performs over 1,000 COVID-19 tests in one day
The university’s ongoing COVID-19 testing program has performed 940 tests in the last 24 hours. Campus Health and Wellbeing has performed 244 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours. A total of 1,184 COVID-19 tests were performed on-campus on Tuesday. …