When Mayela Fernandez used to visit the Caribbean with her family, she witnessed the effects of sargassum, a decomposing seaweed that releases toxic chemicals into the air. Piles of decaying brown seaweed stretched across the shore, filling the air with a noticeable stench. Since 2011, several coastal zones from Cancun to Havana to Miami have […]
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Microgreen business provides insight to student entrepreneurship at Cal Poly
Random roommates in Cal Poly’s residence halls might consider themselves close friends after spending an entire year together — yet even fewer do roommates become business partners. Business junior Emmanuel Rivera-Romo and public health senior Ethan Tse started as strangers, but now run a microgreen startup together. The two were able to start a successful […]
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Biomedical engineering student wins Innovation Quest with maternal health device
Biomedical engineering graduate student won the 2018 Innovation Quest with the hopes to save lives through early detection of postpartum hemorrhaging.
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CIE accepts record number of entrepreneurs
The CIE has accepted 11 women this year, a program record.
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Innovation Quest Kickoff
Mustang News reporter Ashley Devriend shows how Cal Poly students can make their ideas come alive through Innovation Quest.
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Innovation Quest brings competition to Cal Poly for start-up funding
The Innovation Quest competition has been encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly for 10 years.
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A store in a box
We tend to think of buildings as immobile. They are brick and mortar symbols of stability, complete with permanent addresses. But what if buildings as we know them could change? What if one day you could purchase groceries in a mobile building made entirely out of repurposed materials — one that solved food distribution issues […]