Throughout my life, being Black has been a significant part of my identity. I was never ashamed of it, but I also didn’t think too much of it. I was born to Black parents, with Black siblings in a Black neighborhood. I went to a predominantly Black elementary school, middle school and high school and had mainly Black friends.
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Cal Poly launches first-ever Digital Transformation Hub powered by Amazon Web Services
With the Digital Transformation Hub, Cal Poly and Amazon intend to help solve the world’s problems through innovative technology.
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Cal Poly hosts California Cyber Innovation Challenge; San Luis Obispo High school competes
Teams throughout California came to Cal Poly to compete in timed cybersecurity challenges designed to emulate modern cybersecurity threats.
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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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Senior spotlight: Olin Olmstead
Olin Olmstead, a graduating software engineering senior, has witnessed his five years of hard work pay off.
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Cal Poly unit cap agreement reached
All the majors Cal Poly requested to go over 180 units were approved.
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Computer science aiming for more female students
Computers are everywhere: on our desks, next to our beds, in our TVs and in our pockets. In a business that infiltrates almost every aspect of our lives, it is hard to believe nearly half the population is not represented, simply because of gender. This is the case, though, in the computing industry, where men […]
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Students create apps. with donated Google phones
Twenty-four T-moble G1 phones with the Android operating system donated by Google are now acting as the basis for student designed state-of-the-art applications.