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    Rising to the Moment

    How has the Cal Poly community handled the challenges of a global pandemic? Mustangs faced the crisis with courage, creativity and a willingness to try something new.
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    Featured

    Creating Community

    For this professor, bringing students together was part of his job. Then the coronavirus pandemic nearly emptied campus.
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    Featured

    A High-Tech Fight for Freedom

    Cal Poly students and the California Cyber Institute are using new technology in the fight against human trafficking.

Polytechnic

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Quarterly

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    Spaces

    Cal Poly After Dark

    Take a look back at campus life in winter quarter, when the sun sets early but the activity doesn't stop until the sun comes up.
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    Mustang Report

    When Fans Were in the Stands

    A look back on Cal Poly Athletics' conference championships, major comebacks and global games in 2019.
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    Five Questions

    Five Questions with Denise Isom

    MLK Legacy Award-winner Denise Isom discusses the state of diversity and equity at Cal Poly — how far we've come and what comes next.
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    Course Description

    BUS 416: A VITA-l Community Resource

    For nearly 30 years, students in a distinctive Cal Poly business course have been helping community members prepare for the most taxing time of year.
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    Ask the Archivist

    The Last Pandemic

    A century before COVID-19, Cal Poly learned hard lessons facing its first global pandemic.
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    How I Learn by Doing

    Success in Any Situation

    Her team of business students spent months preparing for a national sales competition in Atlanta. When COVID-19 changed the format, they adapted.
  • Editor's Desk

    Adapting to the Unknown

    Editor Larry Peña reflects on how the Cal Poly community is facing this historic moment.
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Life Goes On
Cassidy Scatena, a third-year animal science major, was one of a handful of students who volunteered to stay on campus to help take care of Cal Poly’s horses when COVID-19 struck just as foaling season was about to begin. When the mares began to give birth in April, Scatena was there to assist, help provide checkups and ultrasounds to the expectant mothers, and care for the new babies. In between online classes and shifts at the Cal Poly Equine Unit, there’s less to do around campus these days. “Me and the other Equine Unit students are doing a lot more riding to pass the time,” she said.

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Alumni

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    Alumni

    Defending the Best of California

    Alumna Anastasia Norris helps protect California from hazardous spills, leaks and pollution, including one of the state’s largest oil spills in half a century.
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    Alumni

    Alumni Updates

    Highlights and announcements from your friends and classmates
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    The Last Word

    Sparks of Light

    President Armstrong shares reasons for hope during a difficult time for the Cal Poly community.

Latest News

  • A Blue Thank You
    Cal Poly campus landmarks will glow blue in recognition of the efforts of healthcare workers
  • Networking from Home
    Career Services connects soon-to-be-grads with prospective employers at its first ever virtual career fair
  • Long Live the Lizards
    A Cal Poly grad student leads an international study of a Central Coast reptile facing extinction
  • Cal Poly Kitties
    With social distancing, communication and a lot of cleaning, students keep the Cal Poly Cat Program running
  • Don’t Be a Covidiot
    A Cal Poly epidemiologist explains coronavirus — how it works, how to avoid it, and what we should learn from the pandemic

Rewind

  • I'm With the Band
    Step to the beat with Mustang Band as it celebrates more than 100 years of spirited performances and polytechnic prowess.
  • Engineering a Better Life
    Students design and build adaptive tech for a combat veteran, a Parkinson’s patient, and a 10-year-old car crash survivor. In short, “Everybody’s crying.”
  • Anatomy of the Hustle
    Six entrepreneurs walk into the HotHouse and startup a conversation about the realities of bootstrapping, bankruptcy and breakthroughs.
  • Wild Appetites
    Hang out with alumna and LA Zoo Nutritionist Emily Schwartz as she feeds a few friends.
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