Parabug, founded by Chandler Bennet, is the world’s largest beneficial insect application company, using drone technology to make biocontrol usage more cost effective for farmers.
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Meet the man behind Ubert! pedicab service
In downtown San Luis Obispo, transportation is familiar: cars navigate through intersections, bikes weave through traffic and pedestrians file sidewalks. “I’m a pedicab operator,” Robert Grajeda said. “If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically a tricycle with a couch on it that I pull people around with, a pedal cab, and I call […]
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‘The receipt of my life’: How daily journaling transformed this Cal Poly student’s life
Aidan Jones began journaling on July 14, 2024, and has since continued to write in his leather German Leuchtturm notebook every day, using it as an anchor to live more intentionally and to document his experiences in a way that is both literary and visual.
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The $500,000 ‘Black Box’: How Cal Poly Baseball beat national powerhouses to the cutting edge of sports science
With KinaTrax, Cal Poly is able to separate itself from most college programs due to its ability to use the data to tweak mechanics to improve performance and prevent injury.
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Born for this: inside Cal Poly’s quarter horse enterprise sale
By 6:30 a.m., animal science senior Jaimie Knode is already at the Cal Poly equine unit, cleaning stalls, saddling horses and riding before the rest of campus has fully started its day. That routine repeats nearly every day of the week, all building toward a single moment, when the horses she trains will be sold […]
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Students transform 1988 Corvette in Cal Poly club project
The loud roar of an LS engine inside the body of a 1988 Corvette echoes off a storage container in Cal Poly’s Research Development Center. The car is a project built entirely by Cal Poly students in the Performance Automotive Communications, Engineering and Design club, also known as PACED. The club was founded by mechanical […]
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United by food: Cal Poly’s students of color build community through cuisine
The SLO Asian Market has been a staple for Cal Poly’s Asian students and cultural events for 36 years, providing a hub for students to find ingredients and advice for their cultural dishes and events.
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How Sasha Ozerets’ competitive spirit fueled her rise on Cal Poly Women’s Tennis
On March 24, 2026, the senior broke the Cal Poly Women’s Tennis singles wins record with her 53rd win in their match against UT Arlington.
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Una mochila, 24 aventones y una apuesta a traves del país sobre la amabilidad humana
Find the English version here. Traducido por Isabella Beltran. En una noche de septiembre en el centro de Dakota del Sur, un estudiante de último año de ingeniería mecánica, Cadan Crowley, se encontraba en la parte trasera de una camioneta. El viento era lo único que podía escuchar —y sentir, heladamente— mientras viajaba a 85 […]
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Conozcan a Hercules, el “Director de moral de los jugadores” de cuatro patas del voleibol de playa
Find the English version here. Traducido por Jasmine Romero. La mayoría de los perros son excelentes compañeros, pero no todos forman parte de la plantilla de un equipo deportivo de la División I. La mezcla de setter irlandés y golden retriever, Hercules, también conocido como Herc, ha impulsado el éxito del equipo de voleibol de […]
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Jacob Hinshaw is bringing North America’s biggest unicycling competition to San Luis Obispo
Most teenagers wish for a car to appear in their driveway on their 16th birthdays. For marine science senior Jacob Hinshaw, his preferred method of travel became a unicycle after he received one for his milestone birthday. It was an unexpected but life-changing gift that gave him a whole new meaning of transportation. Now, across […]