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University officials led a ceremony on Thursday celebrating the start of construction of the Engineering & Technology building on campus.

Faculty members Andrea Juarez, Loren Cannon, Sara Sterner, and Hamnath Panta are being recognized for their excellence in teaching and scholarship.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cal Poly Humboldt’s newest flight simulator arrived on campus on May 21 to help train future pilots and inspire passion for flying.

Cal Poly Humboldt received $360,000 from the California State University Chancellor’s Office to support students of Asian, Desi, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and North African (ADPI-MENA) descent.

Cal Poly Humboldt researchers received a $1.1 million grant from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife to expand extensive vegetation mapping in the Klamath Mountains Ecoregion.

A renewable energy microgrid designed to keep Cal Poly Humboldt powered throughout outages is expected to be up and running by fall 2025. 

With the support of thousands of families, the campus community, and local partners, Cal Poly Humboldt celebrated the Class of 2024.

Cal Poly Humboldt’s interactive 3D Digital Herbarium won the American Library Association’s Best Emerging Technology Application Award.

These 2023-24 Outstanding Students Awards recognize the academics and co-curricular excellence and achievements of our students. Congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees!  

The Cal Poly Humboldt Emeritus and Retired Faculty & Staff Association (ERFSA) Executive Committee is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of ERFSA Small Grants.

Cal Poly Humboldt faculty and student researchers are joining a nationwide effort to save a critically endangered keystone species along the West Coast of North America.

The ocean covers most of the planet’s surface, and of that, only 5 percent has been explored. To reveal the mysteries of our ocean, Cal Poly Humboldt is looking toward the future with a new oceanographic research vessel.

Cal Poly Humboldt and the UC Davis School of Medicine have created the state’s first post-graduate education program to help prepare Native American students for medical school at UC Davis.

Cal Poly Humboldt’s second annual Giving Day was a tremendous success as the Humboldt community came together to raise $325,260 in just one day!

The corpse flower, also known as Amorphophallus konjac, is one of the most unique flowering plants on the planet due to its distinct and fleshy smell. This week, the corpse flower at Cal Poly Humboldt is blooming, with its deep red stalk reaching toward the sky and emitting its strong aroma in the campus greenhouse's subtropical dome.

Join other Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and family on Wednesday, April 3, for this 24-hour fundraising campaign to support the program on campus you care most about.

Researchers have described a new species of ancient shark that was collected in Arkansas 45 years ago and fills an important role in understanding an enigmatic and bizarre group of prehistoric fishes. The study is published in the journal Geodiversitas. 

Hundreds of feet above the ground in the canopy of the redwood forest is a rich ecosystem unlike any other on Earth.