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Three women wearing masks stand around white plastic tanks filled with water and Pismo clams.
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Keep Clam and Carry On: Researchers Work to Bring Back a Pismo Tradition

Two students run tests on solar panels in a Cal Poly engineering lab
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Soaking Up the Sun: Student Research Aims to Make Campus’ Solar Field More Powerful

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Ecology’s Next Frontier: Student Researchers Hone in on Rare and Understudied Lichens

Five students sit at desks in the Hot House facing computers and hardware
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Could These Students Improve the Global Food Supply? They’re Finding Out — One Tractor at a Time

A woman in sweatpants and a black shirt looks at a computer with earphones in, studying, and sits against a wall between stacks of books in the Kennedy Library, with a big backpack next to her.
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'They Are Much More Engaged.' CSU Program Helps Cal Poly Students by Removing Barriers to Success

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Political Science Student Selected for Congressional Internship in D.C.: 'I Am Thrilled And Grateful.'

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Cal Poly Study Finds Light Pollution Increases Likelihood of Spreading West Nile Virus

A blonde woman in a black cardigan and blue dress wearing a gray mask stands in the middle of a room. Three masked students sit at computer bays on opposite sides of the room, appropriately distanced from each other.
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'A Great Service for the Community.' How the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Serves Clients in a Pandemic