About fifty million trees are estimated to have been killed by Sudden Oak Death on the West Coast alone. That number is rising every day.
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Cal Poly drones help farmers monitor strawberry growth from the sky
The Precision Agriculture and Automation Club, with bioresource and agricultural engineering professor Bo Liu as the adviser, works with the San Luis Obispo Strawberry Commission to test different ways to grow strawberries by measuring various factors of plant health from the sky. Liu decided to bring aerial photography into this project in order to get […]
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How do California fires impact people on the Central Coast? A study is trying to find out
A chemistry professor and three students are looking to see how harmful California’s deadly wildfires are to the air even hundreds of miles away.
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Students and faculty fail to keep up with Cal Poly’s 2020 Zero Waste goal; facilities keep campus on track
Cold Canyon Processing Facility Manager John Ryan said the recycling contamination rate from Cal Poly is the highest in the county at 32 percent.
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CubeSat DAVE sends back first high-res photo of Earth
“[Polysat’s] missions conduct useful scientific research in orbit, and it is a unique experience to get to work on this kind of thing as an undergraduate student,” a erospace engineering and physics senior Grigory Heaton said
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Major winter storm closes in on San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo will start to see rainfall late Tuesday evening and continuing into Thursday evening.
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Student-run Cal Poly Organic Farm sells produce locally
The Cal Poly Organic Farm embodies Learn by Doing to a T — meaning students plan work days, till the soil, plant the seeds, harvest the crops, price the food and sell produce to San Luis Obispo residents. The sales are made through the Farmer’s Market, Vons, Big Sky Cafe and boxes on Dexter Lawn. […]
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Cal Poly’s impacts on Central Coast wine harvest season
Wine and viticulture senior Justin Gazzaniga delayed graduation a year to work in his industry — yet his learning continues. Jolting awake to a piercing alarm at 5:30 a.m., putting on his worn out jeans and then hustling out the door to get to work on time are all better than sitting in a classroom, he […]
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How fire retardant is affecting Cal Poly’s biodiversity as brush fires plague the area
An associate professor’s study is analyzing biodiversity and plant growth in the wake of hillside fires at Cal Poly.
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Blue Water Task Force helps beach-goers know when the water is safe
Find out how much harmful bacteria is in the ocean’s weekly with the help of the Blue Water Task Force.
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Professor and students working with Northern Chumash Tribe recognized for preservation efforts
Governor’s Historic Preservation Awards given to Northern Chumash Tribe, as well as Cal Poly anthropology and geography professor Terry Jones and his students