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Atelier Morgan: The Personal Archives of Architect Julia Morgan

This exhibit draws on Julia Morgan's architectural plans, sketchbooks, photographs, correspondence, and other personal papers in the Kennedy Library's Special Collections.
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Pressing Forward: The Book Club of California at 100

April 5 – June 8, 2012. This exhibit showcases fine press books, keepsakes, and ephemera published by the Book Club of California, and includes selections from Kennedy Library's Special Collections Fine Print and Graphic Arts Collection.
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Assembly Required

November 7 – January 6, 2012. Assembly Required highlights the craftsmanship and innovation of Cal Poly student furniture artists. The winners from the 2011 Vellum/College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) Furniture Competition and Exhibition are a central feature of the exhibit.
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Joe Schwartz photography exhibit documents virtues of diversity(Fall 2011)

February 27, 2012 — Kennedy Library announces an exhibit of Joe Schwartz's photography. The images are on display in Special Collections and University Archives on the fourth floor.
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Look the Other Way

April 14 June – 3, 2011. A photography exhibit using student-engineered images, sounds and textual documents which draw from University Archives materials.
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Taiwan Plugging into the World

November 18 – December 2, 2010. The collection of photos attests to Taiwan's transformation from an agrarian past into a high-technology nation at present.
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Celebrating Black History Month: Where We Stand

February 14 – March 3, 2011, Library 1st Floor Gallery. Where We Stand draws from Mustang Daily articles, student club documents, and oral accounts to construct a brief history of African American advocacy on the Cal Poly campus from the Civil Rights Movement to the present day.
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Nisei Diploma Project: Stories from California Polytechnic State University

June 8 – July 5, 2010. Kennedy Library is presenting an exhibition highlighting Cal Poly Japanese American students who were unable to complete their education due to their forced relocation and internment during World War II.
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reKinetic

April 15 – June 6, 2010. reKinetic is a group istallation featuring Cal Poly students, faculty, and community members with works incorporating reclaimed materials.
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The Migrant Project

April 15 – Sunday, June 6, 2010. A bilingual traveling exhibition to promote diversity awareness and education.
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Mars Within Reach: Arctic Melodies and Science from the Red Planet

November 7, 2008 – January 12, 2009. Mars Within Reach is an interdisciplinary exhibition that will allow visitors to touch, hear, and interact with data from several recent Mars missions.

ChismeArte, ¡Y Que!: Expanding L.A.'s Chicano Aesthetic

April 17th – June 16th, 2008. The exhibition highlights a moment in the careers of a cadre of Chicano authors and artists who would later receive critical acclaim for representing and re-defining L.A.'s Latino experience.

Photo Exhibit in Honor of César Chávez

March 19 – April 6 "Viva la Causa! A Decade of Farm Labor Organizing on the Central Coast" commemorates the struggles and triumphs of early local farm laborers.
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In Memory: Robert E. Kennedy

An online tribute to Robert E. Kennedy. From college professor to librarian to public relations director to university president to president emeritus, Dr. Kennedy served Cal Poly for 70 years.
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Cal Poly Photo Exhibit Documents Immigrant Youth Living on Central Coast

May 23 – June 30. A powerful documentary photography exhibit that illustrates immigrant youngsters living on the Central Coast.
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Designing Interactive Systems for Learning Environments

April 10th – May 13th 2006. Students in Franz Kurfess's Computer Science and Computer Engineering class set out to create interactive systems for the Learning Commons based on user needs.

The Julia Morgan Papers at Cal Poly

Julia Morgan online exhibit as the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California.
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University Archives Online Exhibitions

An online archive of past events including: Cal Poly Directors and Presidents, History, 1960 Plane Crash, The P, and Poly Royal.
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