Edison Cabacungan, a professor emeritus and former longtime chair of the then-Department of Food Marketing and Agribusiness Management/Agricultural Education, died Oct. 17. He was 85. Born in the Philippines on Dec. 15, 1936, Professor Cabacungan earned his bachelor’s degree from…
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On Jan. 30, Sommarani (Mayra) Chan, a master’s student in agriculture, visited Washington, D.C., for the first time. She ended her trip sitting in the gallery of the U.S. Congress listening to President Donald Trump give his first State the…
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A new program has formed to encourage more college students to pursue careers in agriculture and place them in industry jobs after graduation. The Western Growers Ag Association has partnered with Cal Poly Pomona and UC Davis to launch the…
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As a young girl, Bec McDorman wanted to become a veterinarian. In high school, she dreamed of becoming a pilot. In college, she considered becoming a writer. But it was a health crisis that ultimately led her to Cal Poly…
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Insects. They’re what’s for dinner. Or at least, they could be in the future. That’s what about 120 volunteers from all over the Cal Poly Pomona campus were trying to determine in April as they taste tested a food product…
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Ramiro Dutra came to Cal Poly Pomona in 1959 as an instructor for chemistry classes in the physical sciences department. Dutra had just finished his doctorate in agricultural and food chemistry at UC Davis. Although he was new to Cal…
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Martin Sancho-Madriz, professor and chair of the Department of Human Nutrition & Food Science, recently graduated as a Foods Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI) Fellow. As part of the program, Sancho-Madriz conducted a project on assessment of Academic Affairs aspects of…
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Lisa Kessler has been appointed as associate dean of the College of Agriculture after holding the post in an interim capacity for more than two years. Kessler has served as the interim associate dean since July 2013. Her duties have…
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Professor B. Burns-Whitmore and graduate students Mervat Aljamal and Kelley Mitchell from the Department of Human Nutrition & Food Science are conducting a study to examine the effects of a Mediterranean diet intervention and follow-up on body composition and glucose…
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Professor B. Burns-Whitmore and graduate students Golie Khayef and Julia Young from the Department of Human Nutrition & Food Science are conducting a study to examine the effects of fish oil supplements on facial acne. If you are a healthy…
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