Winter 2024 - Cal Poly Magazine

Cal Poly scientists gather data on Weddell seal pup in Antarctica.
In fall 2017, a team of Cal Poly students and faculty braved the harsh conditions of Antarctica for a 10-week research expedition to study Weddell seal pups in the wild. The goal: investigate how the seal pups quickly adapt to the polar environment and...

Cal Poly mathematics professor Stan Yoshinobu.
One Cal Poly professor is dedicated to innovating the way classrooms operate, and his efforts have not gone unnoticed.
Mathematics Professor Stan Yoshinobu was just named as one of ten Teaching Innovators by the Chronicle of Higher Education, a print and digital news organization for universities. The Chronicle was impressed by his efforts to change the way math is taught...

Graduate student Shelby Green was one of many Cal Poly students who participated in efforts to aid victims of the Northern California wildfires this fall.
When huge fires started to tear across Northern California, many Cal Poly students jumped into action. For some, the disaster hit close to home....

Matt Klepfer (back row, second from left) and other members of the Cal Poly Queer Student Union at the October 4 launch party for the new queer studies minor.
This fall, Cal Poly’s Women’s and Gender Studies Department announced the launch of a new minor program in queer studies. The new 24-unit program, which could see its first graduates as early as spring of 2018, was largely the result of student advocacy...