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Biological Sciences

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Alumni

Beneath the Surface: How Cal Poly Helped Launch Alumnus Connor Healy’s Diving Career

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College Highlights

Field Quarter Features Learn by Doing in Nature

Biological sciences major Santos De La Trinidad works with students in a Biology 161 lab
Campus and Community

Student Mentorship and Empowerment: Biology’s ESTEEM Program

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Innovation

Physics with Phones

Bailey College students and faculty in French Polynesia
College Highlights

Deep Learning in South Pacific Shallows

Cal Poly alumnus and biotechnology startup co-founder McClain Kressman speaking to a small audience in a classroom while standing near a projection screen.
Alumni

Bio Alum, Startup Cofounder Talks Innovation

Biology professor Alejandra Yep standing with two students in a laboratory, smiling while discussing research materials.
Awards

At the Edge of Knowledge: Bio Professor Earns National Student Mentorship Award

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Research

Cal Poly Snake Researchers Examine Rare Find in SLO County

Group of researchers, including Brooke Wallasch (fourth from left), a Cal Poly master’s student in biological sciences, and Professor Dena Grossenbacher (far right) standing outdoors in a rocky alpine landscape with mountains visible in the background.
Research

Q&A: Bio Student Researches Alpine Environment in Yosemite

Outdoor portrait of graduate Logan Foster
Our Students

Logan Foster: Researcher, Men’s Health Advocate, Aspiring Doctor