George Harrison, an aerospace engineering alum, designed part of a payload that flew on Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora Spaceplane, which was the first U.S. student-built system to fly on the spaceplane and the first commercial flight for Dawn Aerospace.
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Brick by brick: LEGO now sells Cal Poly junior’s Italian Riviera creation
Alex Sahali’s Italian Rivera LEGO set, inspired by Italian architecture and submitted to LEGO Ideas, was chosen as the 67th community-designed LEGO set and is now available for purchase at $299.99.
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Pickle lovers gather at Laguna Lake for SLO Pickle Festival’s second year
The SLO Pickle Festival returned for its second year, drawing hundreds of attendees to enjoy pickle-themed activities and raise money for Meals That Connect, San Luis Obispo’s Senior Nutrition Program.
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Farm Day brings Santa Maria’s fields to the Central Coast Community
Bonipak Produce opened its doors to the Central Coast as part of the 7th annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day on Saturday, Sept. 6. The countywide event featured 23 farms across Santa Barbara County, from Santa Maria to Carpinteria. Bonipak Produce, located in the agricultural oasis of the Santa Maria Valley, has been serving the […]
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‘Everybody feels like it’s their place’: Ebony Ethiopian Cuisine turns sustenance into connection
In Ethiopia, coffee starts with pale green coffee beans. The beans are washed in preparation to be roasted as neighbors and friends gather in whatever house is making coffee that day. Over coffee, life is discussed. Within this daily community gathering, people talk about what they need to do and problems to be solved. Feben […]
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SLO Riders Club teaches kids to mountain bike
Dylan Davis and Alex Musco, two rising senior Cal Poly business students, created the SLO Riders Club to provide a safe and fun environment for children in San Luis Obispo to learn and develop their mountain biking skills.
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Altadena will change–but Cal Poly students resolve to bring back what’s leftÂ
Students from Cal Poly’s architecture and city and regional planning programs are working to rebuild homes, businesses, and community centers in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire, while also trying to minimize gentrification and retain the community’s tight-knit nature.
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From Cal Poly to the CIA: Former spy and alum Susan Miller reflects on an extraordinary career
Susan Miller was four years out of Cal Poly’s journalism program in 1989 when she worked as a cashier at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Unbeknownst to her coworkers, however, she was really working under deep cover as a spy for the CIA. Just a short walk from Red Square, she would sneak upstairs to […]
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Hung out to dry: Uncertain future for Cal Poly swim recruits amid program cut
For the high-schoolers who signed letters of intent to join for the 2025-26 season, there was less room to maneuver. Their scholarship agreements will be honored, but they only last through freshman year, according to Oberhelman. And though some of these swimmers initially had offers from other universities as well, the timing of the announcement meant some teams had filled up and the offers were no longer standing.
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Tikkun Olam Makers empower Cal Poly students
Opening the medicine cabinet, grabbing a toenail clipper and putting your foot over the toilet to trim your toenails is a universal experience and often overlooked. Yet, for local resident Janie McInturff who was born with one arm, this is something that is not possible. Now with the help of Tikkun Olam Makers on Cal […]
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In a foggy coastal town, Cal Poly marine research forecasts harmful algal blooms
A Sunday morning stillness washed over the quaint, foggy town of Avila Beach. Working in an unassuming, gray building at the end of the 3,000-foot-long Cal Poly Pier was lead sampler and biology junior Sydney Yium. She was absorbed in her work, collecting weekly phytoplankton and water samples for the California Harmful Algal Blooming Monitoring […]