Difference Makers- iLab
The latest Difference Makers highlights the Student Innovation Idea Lab. Led by Professor Olukemi Sawyerr, the “iLab” fosters student creativity and innovation and serves as a training ground for entrepreneurship.…
Fall 2018 President’s Message
President Soraya M. Coley shares highlights of important campus activities and accomplishments in her mid-fall semester communication to the university community. …
Innovation Orchard Offers a Place to Test Ideas
Innovation Orchard is a new open-space environment for student startup teams to discuss ideas, collaborate, and reach their entrepreneurial goals. Founded by the Cal Poly Pomona iLab and located at Ganesha High School, the space gives students the resources to implement…
Innovation Orchard Turns Entrepreneurial Ideas into Realities
After years of planning and in partnership with a local high school, Cal Poly Pomona’s new lab, designed as an entrepreneurial incubator to turn bright ideas into market-ready realities, is getting down to business. Cal Poly Pomona and Ganesha High…
Cal Poly Pomona Teams with High School to Start Innovation Lab
When Olukemi Sawyerr was tapped in 2015 to get the iLab up and running, her to-do list included finding a space where students could transform their nascent business and product ideas from paper to prototype. With a lab just big…