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Lessons From the Dojo: How Martial Arts Helped Khushi Sharma Become a Leader

Once a shy child, the information systems student took on public roles a college ambassador, with Women in Business and her business fraternity

Focused on the Code: Startup Aims to Allow Developers More Time to Develop

Devscribe seeks to limit the tedious and repetitive task of creating accurate instructions for users.

Medication Management: Startup Seeks to Simplify Patient Prescription Schedules

One Fountain Health is creating a device designed to preserve independence for people juggling multiple prescriptions.

Pursuing Her Passions: Business Grad Anaïs Lohier Turns to Biological Data at Yale

Lohier, who studied at sea while at Cal Poly, also volunteers at a vintage French car race dedicated to her grandfather

A Seaweed Solution: Converting Ocean Waste into Food Packaging

Ecoplasticity’s seaweed-based coating is designed to replace the plastic coating inside takeout containers.

Introducing Preserva Biotech, the Startup Bringing Confidence to Insulin Users

The startup is developing a portable, handheld device that determines whether insulin is still effective.

Sweet relief: How two Cal Poly students are taking on gut health one dessert at a time

Business administration student teams with ag business major to create a healthier ice cream product.

CIE's Summer Accelerator Helps Startup Launched to Combat Drink Spiking

Ninety percent of drink-spiking incidents go unreported, often because victims fear they won’t be taken seriously.

Alumnus Carina Gaz Wins Prestigious Agricultural Trade Fellowship

Carina Gaz, a 2009 Orfalea College of Business graduate, was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service Diversity (FDFP) Fellowship.

Big Score

A Lifelong Football Fan Uses Her Analytics Master’s Degree to Land a Dream Job with the New York Jets

Cal Poly Team Takes Home Second Place, Rookie of the Year at Marine Energy Collegiate Competition

A Cal Poly team of business and engineering students earned Rookie of the Year and second place overall in its debut at the Department of Energy's Marine Energy Collegiate Competition.

Three Students Represent Orfalea College of Business During Tour of Statehouse

Three Orfalea College of Business students accompanied Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong to Sacramento this month, where lawmakers honored them and other students for their accomplishments.

Rose Float Design Chair Saira Mapes

How Rose Float Design Chair Saira Mapes Took Chances and Became a Leader

Making the Cut

Business student Nate Mirizzi competes with the Cal Poly Loggers, a co-ed team showcasing traditional forestry skills like axe chopping, tree climbing, and sawing.

The Search for Surf -- and Camaraderie

A business administration major with a finance concentration, Jackson Prudhon said he was able to create the Mustang Surf Club thanks to the William L. Chillingworth Scholarship he received.

Business Students Explore Entrepreneurships for Former Prisoners, Spotify Algorithms, Leveraged Buyouts and More During Second SURP

Michelle Jenkins thinks the subjects of her summer research project deserve a second chance – despite being convicted felons.