The department of horticulture and crop science introduced a new major this fall — agricultural and environmental plant sciences — to replace three of its previous degrees: fruit science, environmental horticulture science and crop science. The new major is an attempt to draw more students to the horticulture and crop science department by offering them more flexibility because […]
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SLO named bike-friendly community
The League of American Bicyclists awarded San Luis Obispo the Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community status for its efforts to welcome bicycle traffic. San Luis Obispo was one of 190 cities in the country to receive the Bicycle Friendly status out of the nearly 500 that applied, said San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx. The […]
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Cal Poly 'Cool Kids' take first in engineering design competition
A team of Cal Poly engineering students took first place in an international competition with their senior project, a design for a heating, refrigerating and air conditioning system for the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pa. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) holds the annual Student Design Competition to challenge […]
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Dean of liberal arts announces retirement
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Linda Halisky announced she would be retiring at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year.
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Cal Poly ranked "Best in the West"
This year Cal Poly was named one of the “Best in the West” for the nineteenth straight year in U.S. News and World Report’s annual college guidebook. Cal Poly ranked seventh among western schools that offer full undergraduate and master’s-level programs but few doctoral programs, and ranked second in public master’s engineering programs. Cal Poly has consistently ranked […]
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Study resources? Cal Poly's got you covered
With a brand new school year starting up, Cal Poly students are heading back to class and back to the books. Soon enough, the hectic pace of academia will have hold of Mustangs once again. But Cal Poly students aren’t alone in their studies; the university offers a variety of resources to help students keep up […]
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Summer construction wraps up in time for school
Detours and orange cones were the symbol of Cal Poly’s campus this summer, with multiple construction projects in full swing during the quiet summer months. The almost deserted campus makes expansion of construction zones easy, Joel Neel said, associate director of facilities planning and capital projects at Cal Poly. Construction crews took the opportunity to […]
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Sharks spotted at local beach
CAL FIRE warns Pismo Beach swimmers and surfers of four shark sightings in five days.
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Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter officially disaffiliated with Cal Poly
The Cal Poly Tau chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon will soon dissolve because of alcohol-related violations, announced Cal Poly officials Tuesday. The chapter gained attention in May as the site of an alleged sexual assault during one of the fraternity’s parties. The alleged assault prompted the university’s investigation of events leading up to the incident, […]
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City might bag plastic
San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority is considering an ordinance to prohibit single-use bags in grocery stores beginning July 2012.
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Mourning the loss of a journalism legacy
Cal Poly, journalism legacy George Ramos leaves inspiring message for students to put forward their best work. “I still have his voice in my head saying, ‘tomorrow’s another day’,” said former student Kristen Marschall.