Journalism Students Win 26 College Media Awards
Cal Poly Humboldt Journalism & Mass Communication students took home 26 awards after a journalism conference and award ceremonies in Long Beach on March 8, including seven first-place state awards with the California College Media Association (CCMA) and four national awards with the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP).
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Cal Poly Humboldt Launches New Safety App: Cal Poly Humboldt SAFE
Cal Poly Humboldt is taking campus safety to the next level with the launch of Cal Poly Humboldt SAFE, a feature-rich app designed to provide real-time security and support for students, faculty, and staff. The app enhances incident response and provides innovative, powerful features for the campus community.
Direct Admissions Offered to More Humboldt County Schools
Cal Poly Humboldt has partnered with Northern Humboldt Union High School District (NHUHSD), Fortuna Union High School District, and Ferndale Unified School District to offer direct admissions to graduating seniors.
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.
Alumni & Donor Stories
Honoring a Legacy in Education
Jack and Charlene Liebau have established the Marie Jacobs Liebau, Class of 1929, Endowed Scholarship for Teaching at Cal Poly Humboldt as a testament to their deep commitment to education. In
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.
Campus Achievements
Dr. Paul Michael L. Atienza was chosen to join the Knowledge of AIDS (KOA) Research Community Network (RCN), which seeks to form a scholarly community for social scientific, humanistic, and socio-…
Dr. Armeda Reitzel gave an invited presentation titled "The Triple A’s of Ancillaries: Advancing Academic Achievement" on March 4, 2025 at the LibreTexts Open Education Week 2025 conference.
Dr. Amy Rock recently published a chapter entitled Community-Based Learning as Experiential Learning in Geography. The chapter is part of a new book from Springer in Experiential Learning…
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…
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Trump opens investigations at three California colleges alleging DEI-based discrimination »
The Department of Education said Friday that it had launched investigations into alleged race-based discrimination at three California universities and 49 other colleges nationwide as the Trump administration pushes schools to eliminate campus diversity, equity and inclusion programs that it says hurt white and Asian American students.
The Los Angeles Times - Mar 2025
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
