CSU, faculty union reach tentative contract deal to avoid strike
California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White and California Faculty Association President Jennifer Eagan will hold a joint news conference at 10 a.m. April 8 to announce a tentative contract agreement between the university administration and faculty union. A proposed five-day faculty strike, slated to begin on April 13, will be postponed pending approval and Read More →
Vandenberg officials tour Cal Poly’s miniature satellite program
Vandenberg Air Force Base officials met with staff and students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s PolySat program April 1. The program makes miniature satellites for research missions that are then launched in excess payload spaces of larger satellites. Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering Professor Jordi Puig-Suari created the program in 1999 and gave a tour Read More →
Cal Poly SLO gets $1.5 million to study wave energy
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue testing the feasibility of a Central Coast wave energy facility. Cal Poly’s Institute for Advanced Technology & Public Policy is testing the feasibility of building a Central Coast wave energy park through its CalWave project. The $1.5 Read More →
Startup Village to showcase 31 spinout companies
Startup Village will showcase 31 of the most promising spinout companies from UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and California Lutheran University. They will be interacting with sponsors and guests from 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, prior to the inaugural Central Coast Innovation Awards. Startup Read More →
Cal Poly SLO technology park to be expanded
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Cal Poly SLO tries to put dent in housing crunch
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Cal Poly and UCSB set application record
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara received a record number of applications from prospective freshmen and transfer students. Nearly 57,000 Cal Poly hopefuls applied for the upcoming 2016-17 school year, the college said Jan. 15 in a news release. That was a 2.8 percent increase from the incoming freshmen who applied last year and Read More →
