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Cal Poly Continues Streak as Best in the West For 33rd Straight Year

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Animal Engineers and Huge Robot Highlight Cal Poly Universities 2026 Rose Float Design

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Digital Democracy, Created at Cal Poly, Wins Emmy for Political Reporting

Cal Poly students launch an ocean powered generator from a boat in Morro Bay.

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Wave Generator Created by Engineering Teams Could Charge Marine Corps Batteries

A view of the Cal Poly Pier from the air with boats all around.

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Cal Poly Pier Designated as Wave Energy Testing Site by Federally-Funded Program

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Ask an Expert: What is Bird Flu, And Why Is It Such a Big Deal?

The Cal Poly 2025 Rose Parade float featuring the Loch Ness Monster drives down a street

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Cal Poly Float Receives Leishman Public Spirit Award at 2025 Rose Parade

Students sit on Dexter Lawn at golden hour. Tall trees dominate the photo.

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Cal Poly to Lead Development of California’s New Urban Forestry Strategic Plan

Architecture students assemble a structure in Poly Canyon during Design Village in the spring of 2024.

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Cal Poly Ranked the West's Best Overall Master's-Level University — For a Second Year

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Students, DxHub Create App for World Bank to Improve School Safety in Developing Countries

A professor in a blue shirt and cowboy hat inspects a CubeSat while a student in a green shirt looks on.

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Cal Poly’s Game-Changing CubeSats Inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame

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Students Design Web App with DX Hub and SLO County to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths

Three students wear green graduation robes and hats and look at the camera during fall commencement.

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Cal Poly Students — Including Dreamers — Can Soon Earn Cash for Education Through State Service Program

Desiree Nunes wears a black blazer while standing on the steps of the United States Capitol

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Views from the Hill: A Student Recaps Her Panetta Internship

A Rose Parade float covered in flowers featuring cows with jetpacks drives down a sunny street with a Rose Parades sign behind it

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Cal Poly Float Wins Animation Award at 2022 Rose Parade®

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Cal Poly-Developed COVID-19 Saliva Testing Technology Will be Brought to Market

A nursing home damaged by the Camp Fire in Paradise.

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Cal Poly Project Could Help Communities Recover from Wildfires — Using AI