Voyage to the Galápagos Explores How Ocean Nutrients Sustain Life
At 4:30 a.m., before the first rays of sun reach the waters surrounding the Galápagos Islands, trillions of phytoplankton drift in the dark, waiting for the light of dawn to trigger photosynthesis—the process that releases oxygen and energy into the ocean and the marine food web.
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A Funkadelic Celebration of Lumberjack Weekend (Photos)
This year’s Lumberjack Weekend brought a funkadelic burst of music, pride, and community spirit to Cal Poly Humboldt from October 2–5.
Rangeland Resource Science: Where the Field is the Classroom
Cal Poly Humboldt’s Rangeland Resource Science program turns California’s living landscapes into classrooms where students collect data amidst microgrids, wet meadows, and rolling grasslands, testing real-world solutions, and sharing findings that land managers can use right away.
CDOR 2025: Dis/connecting to Reconnect–Everyday Rest, Refusal, Resistances
Cal Poly Humboldt will celebrate the 27th Annual Campus & Community Dialogue on Race (CDOR), an annual event that brings together students, faculty, staff, and community members to explore issues of racial justice and systemic inequity from Monday, Oct. 20, to Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
Cal Poly Humboldt Celebrates 2025 Indigenous Peoples Week
Cal Poly Humboldt is hosting the 2025 Indigenous Peoples Week (IPW) from Saturday, Oct. 11, to Friday, Oct. 17. Events are free and open to the public.
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Humboldt Alumni Helping Current Students Through Scholarship
Each year, Cal Poly Humboldt alumni come together to support the next generation of students through the Humboldt Alumni Scholarship.
A Year of Giving and Innovation
Cal Poly Humboldt alumni, faculty, staff, parents, community members, and friends came together to provide unprecedented support for students and programs. With more than 11,400 gifts totaling over $13.4 million, donors demonstrated their commitment to academic excellence, student success, and research innovation over the past fiscal year 2024-25.
From the Redwood Bowl to the NFL: Coaching with Heart, Purpose, and a Humboldt Foundation
When Robert Prince (‘89, Math, ‘91, M.S. Physical Education) arrived at Humboldt in 1985, it was the beginning of a lifelong journey grounded in hard work, passion, and a deep love for football—not just the game, but the people who play it.
From Bird Rescue to the “Kelly Clarkson Show,” Alum Takes Flight
For Jennifer Martines (‘17, Wildlife), a love of animals started in a neighborhood library in Los Angeles, where librarians would hand her books about wildlife. That childhood curiosity, nurtured by hard-working parents who worked two jobs to support her, eventually led her to Cal Poly Humboldt—and later, to national recognition on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”
Campus Achievements
Dr. Rouhollah Aghasaleh (Cal Poly Humboldt) and Zari Aghajani (Azad Islamic University, Tehran) published a new article, “Not a Virtual Education: The Entanglement of the Private and Public…
Drs. Tristan Gleason and Rouhollah Aghasaleh published a new editorial, “Constellations of Legacy and Possibility,” in the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (Vol. 40, No. 2, 2025…
Prof. Sherrene Bogle received a travel award from the University of Missouri, Kansas City to attend the 2025 Workshop on Large Language Models for CS Undergraduate Education…
Prof. Sherrene Bogle, 2024-25 student of the year Cheyenne Ty and their collaborators in the NSF funded ACOSUS (AI Counseling System for Under-represented Transfer Students) research group had…
Phytoplankton depend on iron to photosynthesize and pull carbon from the atmosphere. In vast stretches of the ocean, iron is so scarce that phytoplankton live in a state of iron stress: if they…
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Tiny New Marsupial With a Tail Longer Than Its Body Discovered in Peru »
Hidden in the eastern Andes, scientists stumbled on a marsupial that had never been described before.
VICE - Sep 2025
Looking for a squirrel, a California professor instead stumbled on a scientific first »
Cal Poly Humboldt biologist Silvia Pavan discovers new marsupial species in Peru's cloud forests
SF Gate - Sep 2025
Mystery creature found in 'forbidden cloud forest' of Peru is new species of marsupial »
While exploring the region around an archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes, Cal Poly Humboldt researchers discovered a never-before-seen creature. The tiny, big-eyed marsupial — named Marmosa chachapoya — is a newly identified species of mouse opossum
Live Science - Sep 2025
Scientists Photograph Newly-Discovered Marsupial In Peruvian Cloud Forest »
A team of Cal Poly Humboldt researchers discovered and photographed a new species of marsupial while exploring the Abiseo River National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Peruvian Andes. The new little mammal is strange, tiny, and adorable, and only one specimen has been observed.
PetaPixel - Sep 2025
Cal Poly Humboldt professor finds a new opossum species »
During an expedition to the Peruvian Andes in 2018, a team of researchers exploring Abiseo River National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, made an extraordinary discovery: a previously undocumented species of marsupial.
Press Democrat - Sep 2025
