New chair takes helm at UCSB Technology Management Program
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Cal Poly Ventures invests in animal health spin-out
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Cal Poly professors tackle agricultural supply chain problems
In 2019, Cyrus Ramezani, a professor at the Orfalea School of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, was studying the effects on the agricultural industry of new tariffs on exports to China. That disruption was small compared to what came next, as the COVID-19 pandemic shook up supply chains around the world and then Read More →
University of California buys hilltop QAD property for more than $100M
The former headquarters of software firm QAD in the Santa Barbara area has been sold for an estimated $104 million to the University of California, according to a deed filed with Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder on June 24. Kiki Reyes, the media relations manager at UC Santa Barbara, confirmed to the Business Times on June Read More →
Street Smarts: CSUCI to rename building for former president Rush
CSU Channel Islands will rename one of its most prominent buildings after Richard Rush, who was president of the campus for its first 15 years. Rush was president of the campus from June 2001, a year before it welcomed its first students, until he retired in 2016. Now the campus’ University Hall will become Richard Read More →
UCSB New Venture Competition awards $11K to health startup
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Agriculture, medical tech win big at AngelCon
San Luis Obispo-based AcreCloud won $135,0000 in cash at the fifth annual AngelCon April 21, hosted by The Cal Poly Center for Innovation for Entrepreneurship Small Business Development Center. AcreCloud was one of two agriculture technology companies in this year’s six-group lineup, specializing in a farm-management platform that gives growers and contractors customized control over Read More →
