R/V North Wind is Here!
Cal Poly Humboldt welcomed its newest research vessel, the R/V North Wind, into Humboldt Bay. The R/V North Wind traveled approximately 550 miles from Bellingham Bay, Washington, where it underwent various tests and sea trials for fine-tuning.
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CCAA Semifinals Cap Most Successful Season Since 2015-16
Cal Poly Humboldt men's basketball saw its impressive 2024-25 campaign come to a close in the semifinals of the CCAA Tournament on Friday, falling 93-82 to No. 18 nationally ranked and top-seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills at The Sports Center in San Marcos.
Wildlife Students Take Top Honors at Quiz Bowl Regionals
Cal Poly Humboldt Wildlife students have reaffirmed their status as the best in the west, claiming first place in The Wildlife Society’s Western Section Student Quiz Bowl in Visalia, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
2024-25 Staff Recognition Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to the 2024-25 recipients of the annual Staff Recognition Awards!
Celebrating Community, Advocacy, and Collective Care
The 31st annual student-led Social Justice Summit returns to explore, “The Cultures Within Our Communities: The Advocacies We Stand For,” in a series of workshops, interactive discussions, and a block party March 3-7.
Alumni & Donor Stories
Alum Creates Space for Creativity and Connection at Arcata’s The Summitt
As a philosopher, filmmaker, and passionate supporter of women’s sports, Cal Poly Humboldt Film faculty Michelle Cartier ('01, Film) founded The Summitt—a community-driven space where art, philosophy, and sports intersect.
Supporting the Future of Engineering
Michael and Mary Lore Brown have made an incredible financial pledge to Cal Poly Humboldt’s School of Engineering’s new Energy Systems Engineering program. Their generous commitment embodies a profound dedication to inspiring education and innovation in renewable energy engineering, a field that has been a lifelong passion for Michael, who attended Humboldt in the late 60s.
A Career Rooted in the Redwood Forests
Over the past 36 years, Leonel Arguello (‘89, Ecology, ‘93, M.A. Botany) has built a remarkable career with Redwood National and State Parks.
Teamwork Makes the High-Tech Dream Work: Crafting Solutions in Aerospace
Cooperation was a cornerstone of Alan Sesser’s (‘99, Environmental Science) academic experience at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Campus Achievements
Kauyumari Sanchez, PhD published the article Cross-modal matching of monosyllabic and bisyllabic items varying in phonotactic probability and lexicality in Frontiers in Language Sciences…
Professors Ethan Gahtan (Psychology) and John Steele (Biology) along with students from psychology, biology, and chemistry developed a new transgenic zebrafish line in the Behavioral Neuroscience…
Congratulations to Music Education major and saxophonist, Ricardo Paredes, who has been selected to receive a 2024-25 Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar Award. This national award…
Dr. Bori Mazzag, CNRS Associate Dean; Arianna Thobaben, Supplemental Instruction Coordinator & Lecturer in Education; and Su Karl, Learning Center Director, co-authored a publication…
Amanda Coorey, a theatre major from Temecula, CA, in her Junior year at CPH, took part in a public presentation of her Scenic Design work at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival,…
Humboldt in the News
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Cal Poly Humboldt takes delivery of new research catamaran »
Cal Poly Humboldt has taken delivery of a new catamaran research vessel.
Baird Maritime - Mar 2025
Pelican Bay offers a model for prison education. Its future is in doubt. »
Behind razor wire and guard towers, an experiment in higher education is unfolding.
The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 2025
Trump's anti-trans effort is an agenda cornerstone with echoes in history »
Philosophy instructor Dr. Loren Cannon speaks with NPR's Odette Yousef about the politicization of trans people.
NPR - Feb 2025
Cal Poly Humboldt's new research vessel floated out »
A new research vessel ordered by California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) was recently launched into the water for the first time.
Baird Maritime - Jan 2025
CSU’s Top 10 Research Grants in 2024 »
The 10 largest grants awarded to the CSU last year are empowering universities to better prepare students and serve their communities.
The California State University - Jan 2025
