Cal Poly

Upcoming Event Preview

We are partnering with the first ever San Luis Obispo Mini-Maker Faire to bring you an interactive, crowd-sourced game at Mission Plaza on May 11, 2013.
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Join us!

You're invited to our informal speaker series that explores scientific topics with an expert (or two)!

Hear stories, see demos, play hands-on, ask questions and experience science from a whole systems perspective. Or, simply sit and listen.

Videos

Watch Science Café on our Vimeo channel.

Contact

Karen Lauritsen 805-756-7549
Communications and Public Programs Coordinator

Archive Highlights

• Start Me Up! Are you an innovator?
  Explore the psychology of entrepreneurship with Professor Jon York, entrepreneur Eric Meyer, and three recent Cal Poly graduates: Jessie Becker, Max Mero and Mark Paddon.
• Pyroprints! Fingerprinting Bacteria
  Professor Chris Kitts and biology student Maria Zuleta Alvarado talk about fingerprinting bacteria.
• On Foot! Community Design and Public Health
  James Rojas and Cal Poly researchers approach community design and public health in an interdisciplinary way.
• Transformed! Closing the Loop with Worms
  Experts share how vermicomposting turns organic waste into high quality compost prized by gardeners.