Cal Poly Humboldt has been honored with a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly University award by the League of American Bicyclists, the premier grassroots advocacy organization encouraging better bicycling, in recognition of the University’s achievements in promoting and enabling safe, accessible bicycling on campus.
When the recent government shutdown left many, including students, facing uncertainty over delays in federal SNAP benefits (known as CalFresh in California), the Cal Poly Humboldt community responded with compassion and resolve. In just a few weeks, donors gave more than $62,200 to support students through basic needs services.
A historic season for Cal Poly Humboldt Women's Soccer came to an end on Friday, Nov. 21, as the Lumberjacks fell 1-0 to defending national champion and 2025 CCAA regular-season winner Cal Poly Pomona in the first round of the NCAA Division II Tournament at Kellogg Stadium.
Jenkins Hall has always been a home for making. When it opened in 1950, the building buzzed with the energy of Humboldt’s Industrial Arts program, a legacy shaped by faculty member Horace “Pop” Jenkins.
Cal Poly Humboldt announced today the acquisition of 191 acres of agricultural and industrial property on Foster Avenue in Arcata. The property, which includes a 418,320-square-foot industrial building, represents an investment in the University's long-term growth as California's newest polytechnic institution.
The California State University (CSU) system released its Economic Impact Report, highlighting the significant role the CSU and its individual campuses, like Cal Poly Humboldt, play in driving regional economic vitality, strengthening California’s key industries, and preparing a skilled workforce essential to the state’s economy.
For the first time as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), the Cal Poly Humboldt women's soccer team is heading to the NCAA postseason.
Cal Poly Humboldt currently has 85 active capital projects underway, including the construction of new facilities and the development of sustainable energy systems.
Long celebrated for its natural beauty and environmental values, Cal Poly Humboldt has once again been recognized for putting sustainability into action—earning a place among the nation’s most environmentally conscious campuses in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges.
For half a century, American Indian College Motivation Day (AICMD) at Cal Poly Humboldt has stood as a beacon of inspiration, empowerment, and cultural pride for Native students across Northern California. Since its founding in 1974, the program has helped thousands of Native students envision themselves on a college campus, connected to culture, community, and possibility.
The latest issue of Humboldt Geographic gathers a decade of maps and stories from Cal Poly Humboldt cartography students, inviting readers to see maps not only as navigational tools but as narrative art.
What began as an educational journey has grown into a story of personal and academic empowerment for one Cal Poly Humboldt student, Stephanie Murillo. Behind Murillo’s transformational experience is the University’s Excelling & Living Independently Through Education (ELITE) Scholars Program, which helps former foster youth like Murillo succeed in higher education and beyond.
Cal Poly Humboldt study in partnership with Save the Redwoods League reveals how second-growth forests respond to modern wildfires and what managers can do to protect them.
For many people, a traffic stop or roadside encounter can be stressful. But for those who experience communication differences, neurodivergence, or disabilities such as autism, epilepsy, or hearing loss, those moments can be especially overwhelming.
The Cal Poly Humboldt women's triathlon team made history on Sunday, earning the program's first-ever podium finish at the NCAA West Regional Championship.
A new report from the Schatz Energy Research Center at Cal Poly Humboldt examines the entwined history of energy development and timber production in Humboldt County—and looks at how transmission system expansion for offshore wind could empower greater energy access on the North Coast.
Cal Poly Humboldt’s College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (CAHSS) launches its new My Best Lecture series, a showcase of compelling talks that University faculty have always wanted to give.
Since 2011, Cal Poly Humboldt secured more than $1 billion in external funding, advancing breakthroughs in gene therapy, clean energy, climate science, community health, the arts, and student success programs while providing students hands-on opportunities to shape the future.
Cal Poly Humboldt’s role in shaping a new statewide college access initiative was highlighted as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 640 into law, formally expanding the California State University (CSU) Direct Admissions Program to school districts across the state.
When The New York Times published its story, “The Hunt for a 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Stolen in the Fog of War,” one of the central figures behind the discovery was Cal Poly Humboldt alum Carla Shapreau (‘83, Special Major).
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.
