For communication studies senior Liliana Rivas, she was unsure of what a senior project entailed, but knew she wanted to center it around Latine culture and the experiences of Latine people.
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A Cal Poly canvas course is covering the Sex Ed your teachers never did
The Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) lab launched a sexual education canvas page last quarter with 10 modules covering all topics from the basics of “What is Sex?” to “Pornography” and “Sex Toys.”
Industrial and manufacturing engineering department receives free robot arm, driving senior projects
The industrial and manufacturing engineering (IME) department within the College of Engineering has received a free Kawasaki robotic arm worth $40,000, according to manufacturing engineering lecturer Trian Georgeou.
Central Coast Girl Scouts work with Cal Poly Engineering Students
Engineering students have collaborated with The Central Coast Girl Scouts in order to make a lego robot. Reporter Ava Kershner has more on how this project came together.
Cal Poly Fine Arts Seniors Showcase their Final Projects
For their final project, fine arts seniors have put together art pieces for a show called “Dearest,” showing at the University Art Gallery. Studio Art senior, Mac Wilkinson, is a […]
Cal Poly Awards Grants for Student Research Projects
Cal Poly awarded grants to support 33 student-led research projects through the university’s Baker and Koob endowments, according to a March 29 press release. The endowments, which support hands-on learning […]
Watch: A look at the new structure in Architecture Graveyard
Architectural engineering graduate student Will Adam said he didn’t realize how impactful his senior project would be at first glance. However, Adam had a bold idea from the get-go: construct […]
Construction management senior project improves CAED design shop accessibility
When the construction management department chair asked Nathan Horst and Steven Zheng to overhaul the College of Architectural and Environmental Design (CAED) support shop at the beginning of summer, Horst’s […]
Senior Project Spotlight: Comparing modern white complacency to the 1940s Nazi movement
English senior Alex Catlett is finishing out his college career with a research paper on the relevancies of Bertolt Brecht’s plays. Brecht was a playwright during the rise of the […]
Senior Project Spotlight: A mental health app designed by college students, for college students
When computer engineering senior Alyssa Liu left for college, her little sister gave her a shoe box filled with letters. Each letter had instructions for when she was supposed to open it; one was for when she missed home, another for when she got her first bad grade. Whenever Liu was feeling down or overwhelmed, she turned to the shoebox for comfort.
That shoebox became the inspiration for Foveo, an app that Liu and her team are working on developing as their senior project to help college students who suffer from mental illness.
Senior Project Spotlight: Designing a buoy to collect shark data
Computer engineering senior Kevin Dixson and computer science senior Tegan Fleishman are working with the California State University Long Beach Shark Lab for their senior project: Designing a buoy that will collect data from passing sharks and transmit it immediately to the lab.