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Starbucks Cups Feature Cal Poly Pomona Professor

Aug. 18 – Cal Poly Pomona professor Dr. Renford Reese often imparts his knowledge to others through lectures, books and articles. Beginning this summer, the political science professor is adding coffee cups to his list of media. Starbucks Coffee Company has begun printing 8 ounce cups featuring a quote from Reese’s latest book American Bravado (Inkwater Press, 2007). Reese’s quote appears in The Way I See It #294: “Insensitivity makes arrogance ugly; empathy is what makes humility beautiful.” News Release

University Names Interim Dean of Environmental Design

Aug. 14 – Kyle D. Brown, director of the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies and professor of Landscape Architecture, has been appointed interim dean of Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Environmental Design.News Release

Urban Planning Program Ranked Among Best in Nation

July 23 –Cal Poly Pomona’s Urban and Regional Planning graduate program has been selected as one of the best in the nation by Planetizen, the leading online publication for the urban planning, design and development community. Cal Poly Pomona ranked second in the nation among programs without a Ph.D. When weighed side by side with universities that also grant doctorate degrees, Cal Poly Pomona ranked seventh in the Western United States. News Release

Rose Float Team Unveils Rendering for 2009 Parade

a rendering of the float "seaside amusement"

July 17 –The Cal Poly universities in Pomona and San Luis Obispo will warm up New Year’s Day with beach fun and games in “Seaside Amusement,” the universities’ 61st entry for the 120th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. The two universities recently unveiled the rendering, which is the brainchild of Cal Poly SLO student Shawna Swanson, the campus’ Rose Float design leader. News Release

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Subject of Big Read in Pomona

July 7 – Dust off those reading glasses! Cal Poly Pomona today announced that it has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to host The Big Read in Pomona this fall. The Big Read gives communities the opportunity to come together to read, discuss and celebrate one of 23 selections from American and world literature. The Big Read in Pomona will focus on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird through a series of events in October and November. News Release

Nonviolence and the Art of India Lecture

July 3 –“Nonviolence and the Art of India” will be explored in a richly illustrated lecture at Cal Poly Pomona by art curator Dr. Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, curator of Asian art at the San Diego Museum of Art. The lecture will be held in the university’s Bronco Student Center, Ursa Minor suite on Saturday, July 19, from 2:30 to 4 p.m., with a reception immediately following. News Release

University Offers Green Living Workshops

July 2 – Is figuring out how to go green making you blue? Come to the Sustainable Workshop Series at Cal Poly Pomona. These public workshops offer a variety of strategies to incorporate sustainable living into daily life. The university’s John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies and the Solar Living Institute have partnered for the fifth year to bring the Sustainable Workshop Series to Cal Poly Pomona from July 14-20. Classes run 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day at the Lyle Center. News Release

Marten L. denBoer Named Provost and Vice President


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June 25 –After a national search that identified several outstanding candidates, Cal Poly Pomona President Michael Ortiz has named Dr. Marten L. denBoer to serve as the new university Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. He will begin Aug. 14.

Dr. denBoer, who has served as associate provost at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY) since 2001, has been successful in raising academic standards, creating and developing new scholarly programs and expanding technological resources and infrastructure. News Release

Professor Heads to Botswana to Help AIDS/HIV Research Center


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June 23 –Some people go to the beach when they need a change of pace. Cal Poly Pomona professor Charles Gossett is going to Botswana. The San Dimas resident has received a Fulbright Fellowship and will spend the next six months helping the University of Botswana develop its new Center for Research in HIV and AIDS. Gossett will leave for the south African country June 30. News Release

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