Bronco Space had a second, longer high-altitude balloon launch test during which the wildfire-detecting CubeSat Bronco Ember spent 12 days on a stratospheric flight for data collection and testing refinements to thesystem’s camera, image analysis and tracking consistency since the satellite’s first balloon launch.…
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The Pasadena Tournament of Roses partnered with Cal Poly Universities Rose Float for RoseSTEM, a hands-on education program for high school students. Cal Poly Pomona Rose Float Director Cary Khatab says the collaboration “allow[s] our club to engage young students to understand how STEAM…
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Steven J. Lee, lecturer of finance, real estate and law, gives expert advice in a two-part series themed around car insurance. In “The Cheapest Full Coverage Car Insurance (June 2023),” Lee advises on why consumers should consider full coverage over liability-only insurance, and…
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Another satellite built by the Bronco Space club was launched on the SpaceX Transporter-8 rideshare mission on June 12. Pleiades-Squared, deployed into a 543-kilometer orbit, is the student club’s fourth CubeSat to be launched into space. The milestone earned Cal Poly…
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What if God is a programmer? That’s basically the simulation hypothesis: physics is inherently mathematical because the universe is a calculation running on a computer, writes Alex Small, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. This article was originally published by Nature on June 7,…
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When composer and vocalist Jen Wang performed Alvin Lucier’s “The Duke of York” at L.A.’s Monk Space earlier this year, she sang with a digital rendition of her voice, synthesized by artificial intelligence. Isaac Io Schankler, a composer and assistant…
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Describing himself as the “Side Hustle College Student,” Axel Luna (‘23, computer information systems) stayed away from the mountain of debt many college graduates face by picking up countless odd jobs to support his family and pay for most of…
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Steven J. Lee, lecturer of finance, real estate and law, offers his recommendations for enrollees in health savings account (HSA)-eligible health plans after the IRS announced that the minimum deductible will increase next year to $1,600 for individual coverage and…
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“Eye in the Sky” news reporter and cameraman Desmond Shaw gives the rundown on Cal Poly Pomona’s history and its status as the nation’s top polytechnic university in social mobility as he flies the Sky 9 helicopter over the campus to sneak…
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The Class of 2023 gets well wishes from news anchors Lynette Romero and Robin Winston: “Cheers to your next adventure!” This story was originally broadcast on “Today in LA” by NBC-4 Los Angeles on May 24, 2023.…
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