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Undergraduate Magazine - 2025

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IN THIS ISSUE: 


Dean Wendt in Frost Center research labMessage From the Dean

Dean Wendt reflects on how research has impacted his life and all lives, and on how  today's discoveries often become tomorrow's solutions. 

Read Dean's message.


Viewing online web Cal Poly Bailey College Undergraduate Research MagazineUpward and Outward View

Preview what you'll find in this issue of Undergraduate Research and the imaginary journey you'll take.

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Cal Poly Pismo clam researchers at Pismo BeachBCSM Spaces

Cal Poly Bailey College California Impact Undergraduate ResearchNot all of our research happens in labs. This special edition highlights unique locations for undergraduate research in the Bailey College impacting California and beyond.

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Redtailed Hawk by Shea VavraRaptors Fall Prey to Microplastics

Cal Poly Bailey College California Impact Undergraduate Research

Cal Poly researchers examined deceased local birds and found microplastics in each animal's digestive tract.
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Cal Poly Bailey College Undergraduate Research Groundwater GeophysicsLooking Deep into Never Explored Granite for Groundwater

Cal Poly Bailey College California Impact Undergraduate Research

A geophysics professor and student researchers use specialized resistivity equipment to detect groundwater nearly 1,000 feet below the earth's surface on the Central Coast.

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Carrizo Plain Elk and Pronghorn researchersThriving vs. Surviving

Cal Poly Bailey College California Impact Undergraduate ResearchWildlife researchers study elk and pronghorn in Carrizo Plain to determine why one species rebounds while the other struggles.

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NASA image of a stellar-mass black hole in orbitWhy is the Universe So Big?

Cal Poly Bailey College in English and SpanishAstronomy researchers have made it their mission to explore this question and other cosmological mysteries.

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Bailey College Astronomy professor and research studentEveryone Wins with Funded Fellowships

Generously funded fellowships advance research and create impactful Teacher-Scholar outcomes.

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Cal Poly education professor and studentIgnored Inequities

Cal Poly researchers study rarely discussed factors affecting Black students’ experiences in developmental mathematics. Also, read the conversation between an education researcher and future educator.

See the full story and Q&A.


sports psychology illustrationPerformance Psychology:
Mind and Matter

Kinesiology research students and faculty use debriefing to help clients maximize physical performance in sports and other activities.

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Cal Poly Undergraduate Research Nuestra Ciencia studentFunded and Focused

Meet some of our undergraduate stars making excellent use of research funding from a variety of sources.

See profiles on funded undergraduate student researchers.


Cal Poly Bailey College Undergraduate Research Magazine Cool Tool laserCool Tool

It doesn't get more cool than lasers and cutting-edge equipment. Our photo gallery spotlights exciting new instruments used by physics researchers.

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Bailey College Undergraduate Researchers and public health professorResearch Briefs

A quick look at the who, what, why, what's next and the wow of research by our students and faculty.

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Cal Poly Statistics Professor Allison TheoboldPub and Rec

Researchers in the Bailey College have been busy and noticed. See condensed notes on their publications and recognitions.

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