On Saturday, Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to just before 3 p.m., people gathered for the Bio Breakthrough Conference in the Advanced Technology Lab (BLDG 7). Guest speakers and a Cal Poly alumni panel discussed translational technologies and business principles in the STEM field.
Tag: STEM
Posted inFeatures, Top Stories
How students are utilizing ChatGPT: the upsides and the concerns
With the advent of new, easy-to-use artificial intelligence (AI) modules such as ChatGPT, or even the recently released chatbot on Snapchat, some students and professors are utilizing the program for academic purposes, like STEM research. However, there is a growing concern over it becoming a tool for academic dishonesty — forcing some to consider what […]
Posted inTop Stories
The unspoken effect of being undecided at Cal Poly
Neta Horesh-Bar is a business administration sophomore and opinion columnist for Mustang News. Her views reflected in this piece don’t necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. I contemplated dropping out of college last night. And a couple of weeks ago, and a few months before that. Not in the “ha ha relatable” way, but rather […]
Posted inNews
Vice President of Research Economic Development and Graduate Education to leave Cal Poly in April
Cal Poly’s Research and Economic Development Vice President Renee Reijo Pera will step down from her role in April, according to a campus-wide email.
Posted inFeatures
The 26.6%: Women in Engineering
In 2014, Mustang News explored the 19 percent of women in the engineering department at Cal Poly. Six years later, Mustang News explores what has changed during that time, if anything at all.
Posted inNews
Women in CENG are increasing, but still only make up 28 percent
According to Interim Dean Meagher, increasing the percentage of females in engineering is a top priority for CENG.
Posted inNews
Professor works to advance cultural change at Cal Poly
Dr. Colleen Carrigan and Introduction to Cultural Anthropology students work to make Cal Poly more inclusive.
Posted inOpinion
Not just a man’s thing: Cal Poly lecturers bridge the coding gender gap
Looking down the string of people, Code Club SLO founder Vanessa Salas noticed she was one of very few women in line.
Posted inNews
Cal Poly Extended Education hosts Coding for Kids workshop
The program allowed the young students to create things like applications and social media quizzes.
Posted inNews
Cal Poly helps kids get psyched about science
Cal Poly has teamed up with Paso Robles School District to bring STEM to elementary school students.
Posted inNews
The 19 percent: Women in engineering
“You literally can’t win.” Sometimes, that’s how computer science junior Nicole Giusti feels as a woman in the College of Engineering, where men make up more than 80 percent of the population.