More than 100 Cal Poly students are working toward a goal: sending a student-built rover to Mars by 2030. The club, known as Poly1rover, brings together students from all majors and class years to design, build, and test a functional Mars rover. Members work in specialized teams focused on areas like software design, electrical systems, […]
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Society of Women Engineers recruits next generation of engineers with hands-on outreach
Activities like these may seem like fun and games, but they are part of the Society of Women Engineer’s ongoing effort to make engineering more equal, diverse and accessible at Cal Poly.
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Phishing for information: How to detect and prevent attacks
Every day, Cal Poly receives millions of spam messages, according to Information Technology Services (ITS) Deputy CIO Ryan Matteson. While students don’t see a majority of the spam they receive, numbers show that universities across the country are a target for cyber security attacks. According to Symantec’s 2015 report, educational institutions were the third most […]
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College of engineering dean to leave Cal Poly
College of Engineering Dean Debra Larson will end her career at Cal Poly on Feb. 24. to take a job at Cal State Chico.
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ASI election profile: Connor Paquin
Benjy Egel [follow id = “BenjyEgel”] President of Poly Canyon Village (2012-13) Board of Directors Representative (College of Engineering) for last two years Cal Poly Homecoming Prince (2012) Campaign Slogan: “Poly Wins With Paquin” Civil engineering junior Connor Paquin has a unique career goal for a student of his major: a job tying engineering and […]
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Affirmative action in courts again
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a hearing of an appeal which could bring negative attention to how affirmative action is currently used in universities and colleges around the country. In this case, affirmative action gives racial preference to certain students while applying to universities and colleges to give the institution a more diverse population […]
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Cal Poly chooses new engineering dean
Larson, a civil engineering professor and the Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs with Northern Arizona University, was named the new dean of Cal Poly Engineering by President Armstrong on June 24, 2011.
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Seismic shake-up places Cal Poly second in competition
Cal Poly’s Seismic Design team placed second out of 28 teams at the 2011 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)’s undergraduate Seismic Design competition last weekend.
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Engineering dean dismissed
Dean of the College of Engineering Mohammad Noori was dismissed after allegations of misappropriated funds and a lack of leadership.