In this week’s video message, President Ortiz congratulates the 2012 recipients of the Outstanding Staff Award. The four individuals will be recognized at the Staff Appreciation luncheon on June 14. The recipients are: Jesse Quiroz, landscape services; Jorge Bonilla, Student…
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James Becerra, lecturer with the landscape architecture department, has received a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Science fellowship. The E. Kika De La Garza fellowship program gives faculty from Hispanic-Serving Institutions the opportunity to learn about federal agencies that…
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Mary Yu Danico, professor of sociology and vice-chair of the psychology and sociology department, was named the 2012-14 president of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS). Danico, an expert on race relations, youth culture, family and the Asian diaspora,…
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From conducting research in France to serving as the associate editor of a scientific journal to updating his successful marine biology textbook, Peter Castro...
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Professor Emeritus Fred Shafia, who taught microbiology for more than three decades at Cal Poly Pomona before retiring in 2000, died April 20 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 78. Shafia, a stalwart in the College of Science for…
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Babette Mayor, professor and chair of the art department, has several pieces of artwork featured in a National Juried Illustration Exhibit. Having work displayed at a national exhibition is an substantial accomplishment in itself, but the inspiration behind Mayor’s work…
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Randall Swift, professor of mathematics and statistics, will receive the 2011-12 Ralph W. Ames Distinguished Research Award from the College of Science. The award honors Swift for his outstanding research in both pure and applied mathematics, and his contributions to…
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Dewey W. Hall, English Professor, has been granted a Mayers Fellowship through the Huntington Library. Hall will conduct archival research during the summer on his study “Dramatic Echoes: Cowley’s Albina and More’s Fatal Falsehood (1779).” His research will also examine…
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Andy Thacker, professor emeritus in the international business and marketing department, died March 31 in his home in Seabrook, Texas. He was 73. Thacker joined Cal Poly Pomona in 1985, following a successful career with Shell Oil in Houston and…
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Curtis Clark, professor in the biological sciences department, is one of the contributing authors of “The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition.” The first edition was published in 1993. “The plan was to create a comprehensive manual for…
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