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Digging into the Research: Summer Undergraduate Research Program Pairs 37 Students with 20 Faculty Members

Business students are using AI and other tools to conduct research with faculty mentors over the summer
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Joseph Kuehn poses for a portrait on the Mustangs basketball court
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Economics Professor Who Researched How to Build Winning Teams Discusses This Year's NBA Finals

Joseph Kuehn concluded that teams with players that complement each other fare best. Do this year's finals support that?
A Poly Pack member shows the crowd an intact egg
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Protect the Egg: Students Demonstrate Packaging Challenges in Annual Contest

Poly Pack club presents Egg Drop to excited crowd at San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market
Lisa Sperow speaks to students in a classroom
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Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Director Lisa Sperow Selected to Lead Law School

Last year, the LITC recorded its highest volume of client work
Student poses with Mexican flag around shoulders
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The "Cool Tio:" LatinX Cultural Association's DEI Chair Wants to Help Others While Honoring His Background

“Mexico holds a very special place in my heart."
The owners of Clearview window washing pose for a portrait
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Window of Opportunity: Finance Alumnus Returns to Alma Mater for High-Profile Job

Peter Van Gundy passed on a financial planning career to run a window washing business he founded
Speaker on a stage addressing the audience at the Defining Her Future conference
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This Year's Defining Her Future Features Women Passionate About Their Work

The annual event, put on by the Cal Poly Women in Business, will raise money for LA fire victims
A student creates a package for an egg, using toothpicks
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First Person: Eggcepting the Challenge at the Annual Poly Pack Egg Drop Event

Orfalea photographer Jahan Ramezani tries his hand at the popular SLO Farmer's Market contest. But can he engineer better than a 6-year-old?
A professor demonstrates software in front of a class
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Cal Poly Orfalea College of Business Announces Partnership with Alteryx

The company's in-kind software gift simplifies accounting tasks and provides students with tools they'll use in the workforce
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State Law Mandating Plastic Packaging Be Recyclable Could Promote Positive Sustainable Innovation, But Plastic Isn’t Always Bad – Or the Most Damaging

Students in Cal Poly’s Industrial Technology and Packaging program are encouraged to explore sustainable packaging.
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Finance Chair: Interest Rate Raised to Combat Inflation Could Eventually Lower Housing Prices

Rising interest rates have made homeownership harder, but may ultimately benefit buyers, says Cal Poly’s Finance Department chair
A large crowd turned out for this year’s Egg Drop Competition at the San Luis Obispo Farmers Market.
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Large Crowd Embraces the Return of Poly Pack’s Egg Drop Competition

The Cal Poly egg drop competition returned to the downtown San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market
Portrait of Tim Ridout, Taryn Stanko, and Jack Wroldson.
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Giving Back: De Werd Faculty Fellowship Benefits Students by Inspiring Educators to Be Impactful

The De Werd Faculty Fellowship encourages faculty to have a strong impact on students
Professor Stephen Hamilton (center) with Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong (left) and Provost Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore (right).
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2021 Cal Poly Distinguished Scholarship Award

Economics professor Stephen Hamilton is recognized for exemplifying the teacher-scholar model and for his applied research
Computer rendering from student proposal
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How We Learn by Doing

Faced with a tight timeline and complex site, a Cal Poly team of business and architecture students won a major real estate competition—and got a glimpse of their future careers
Students at Cal Poly's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Ready To Grow and Eager To Learn

Ten Teams. Lots of Big Ideas. A Look At The 2021 CIE Summer Accelerator Program
Portrait of Dean Damon Fleming
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Welcome to Dean Damon Fleming

Cal Poly names Damon Fleming as the new dean of the Orfalea College of Business