iCracked Founder AJ Forsythe returned to the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s (CIE) Elevator Pitch Competition 11 years after he pitched his phone repair company idea at Cal Poly. Now with nearly 800,000 repairs, iCracked, that company, has gained national media attention and Forsythe has been featured on Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30” list. “Winning the […]
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Rates of sexual crime increases at Cal Poly & other CSUs
The latest Annual Security Report showed that nearly seventy percent of the California State Universities (CSU) had more than 10 reports of sexual crimes on their main campus in 2017 — with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and CSU East Bay tied for second highest annual total. Total sexual assaults, which includes rape, incest, fondling […]
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Volleyball set to clinch Big West Conference Championship in final two games at home
In the final two games of the season this weekend, the Cal Poly Women’s Volleyball team is looking to keep the Big West Conference trophy in Mott Athletics Center.
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Cal Poly Soil Science Team takes first place in regionals for the second time in 2018
Cal Poly remains undefeated soil science champions, taking first place at a regional competition in early November.
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Student-built bench completed outside Kennedy Library
The finishing touches have been put on a new bench outside of Kennedy Library, designed and built entirely by three architecture seniors to promote tolerance.
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Making money in class: ITP students create Quickstand collapsable outdoor table
Fifteen Cal Poly students hope to enhance people’s outdoor experience through the Quickstand — a portable and collapsible outdoor table designed, produced and sold by students. In Applied Business Operations (ITP 467), 15 industrial technology and packaging seniors are running their own business. They are required to do everything themselves, from funding the materials to building the […]
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Meet the nationally-ranked freshman powerlifter who self-trained online
She picked up powerlifting as a hobby just a year and a half ago. Now, she is nationally-ranked.
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Teaching by day, brewing by night
When Cal Poly biological sciences professor Emily Taylor leaves the classroom for the day, she always heads straight for the brewery — but it’s not what you think.
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Where is NCAA Men’s Volleyball?
“Cal Poly Men’s Volleyball are the NCAA champions of the season!” Unfortunately, this is something no Cal Poly student has ever said or heard.
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54 hours, 11 startups, 1 winner
Students and San Luis Obispo community members launched 11 startups in 54 hours at the Cal Poly Entrepreneurs’ annual Startup Weekend Nov. 9-11. Startup Weekend happens all over the world, but Cal Poly’s is one of the few student-run events and one of the highest attended, Cal Poly Entrepreneurs president and business administration senior Sierra […]
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Five takeaways from Cal Poly Democrats’ Free Speech and Inclusivity Panel
“We thought why not start the conversation now around free speech,” political science sophomore and Cal Poly Democrats Co-President Eireann O’Grady said. “We often only talk about free speech when someone does something racist, sexist or homophobic, and then it gears toward how do we protect this racist. ”