In line with Cal Poly Humboldt’s Climate Action Plan 2.0’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, the University will purchase carbon offsets at the Arcata Community Forest. The purchase will help compensate for the carbon emissions generated by University-financed air travel.
A nationally renowned project with acclaimed film and stage actors is coming to the Van Duzer Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-9:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Cal Poly Humboldt has been awarded $5,000 by the National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH), and a $5,000 match from the California State University’s Chancellor’s Office, as a part of its efforts to expand educational access for community college students in the region.
For the past 50 years, Cal Poly Humboldt’s Indian Natural Resources, Science & Engineering Program (INRSEP) has nurtured the next generation of leaders by breaking barriers, and building pathways to Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medical (STEMM) fields for historically underrepresented students.
Cal Poly Humboldt will celebrate the 26th Campus & Community Dialogue on Race (CDOR)—an annual event that provides a diversity of opportunities to explore racial justice—from Monday, Oct. 21, to Friday, Oct. 25. This year’s theme is “Voice of our Communities: Reclaiming our Stories.”
Cal Poly Humboldt will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Week (IPW) on October 14-18. This year marks the 31st annual celebration of IPW, which challenges the idea that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America and offers an alternative celebration that features a week of activities focused on the strength and resilience of Indigenous peoples.
Get ready to join the fun at Cal Poly Humboldt for Lumberjack Weekend 2024! From Thursday, Oct. 17 through Sunday, Oct. 20, the campus will be buzzing with a thrilling lineup of events designed to bring students, alumni, families, and friends together.
Chris Manning ('90, Journalism) is deeply passionate about the art of storytelling through sound. His career has involved performing at Wembley Stadium, creating immersive soundscapes for iconic scenes like “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and recording Santana’s 1999 album “Supernatural.”
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees is beginning the search for the next regularly appointed president of Cal Poly Humboldt. Michael E. Spagna is currently serving as interim president.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded Cal Poly Humboldt $4.4 million to establish a Shared Resources Lab (SRL) on campus, providing the facilities and equipment for regional researchers to utilize stem cell models for biomedical research and education.
Dillon Harp, a graduate student at Cal Poly Humboldt, has always been passionate about learning. From a young age, his family spent countless days at the local library, absorbing knowledge and wisdom from books. This early exposure led him to pursue greater endeavors, develop new passions, and cherish culture and community.
With funds raised from the North Coast Otter Arts Initiatives, Cal Poly Humboldt graduate students are conducting vital research to reveal new insights into otter behavior, their diet, and the ecosystems they rely on.
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Cal Poly Humboldt will form a strategy group to undertake the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model.
Cal Poly Humboldt Forestry Professor Jeff Kane, along with graduate student Megan Joyce, is working in collaboration with Redwood National Park and the United States Geological Survey to study the effects of the 2023 Lost Fire in redwood forests that received restoration thinning treatments.
Cal Poly Humboldt graduate student Caleb Chen was awarded a $25,000 Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) NEXTGEN Fellowship to support his groundbreaking research on changes in cannabis genetics.
Nearly 100 years after the Humboldt County logging community of Falk became a ghost town, the National Park Service announced its addition to the National Register of Historic Places this year.
In the remote reaches of northern California and a small section of southern Oregon is the Baker cypress, a rare species of tree and cypress notable for its unique adaptation to fire—a characteristic that has ensured its survival through millennia of fire. However, the intensity and frequency of modern wildfires have pushed this species to the brink in some regions.
Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Cal Poly Humboldt Social Work Professor Jamie Jensen (‘05, Social Work, ‘06, M.S.W.) to the California Commission on Aging, an advisory board to the governor on policies and programs for older adults in the state.
In February, Cal Poly Humboldt received a significant boost in its capacity to support computationally intense instruction and research thanks to a generous gift from NVIDIA’s Academic Hardware Grant Program.
