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  • SDSU commencement ceremonies back at Dacotah Bank Center

    South Dakota State University commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2024 will be held May 4 at the Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings. The move from campus is due to construction in Frost Arena as that facility continues its transformation into First Bank & Trust Arena.

  • Preserving South Dakota's bridges and roads

    South Dakota State University recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help preserve and maintain South Dakota's infrastructure.

  • Jackrabbit in the Spotlight — Maggie Hoff

    Student researcher Magdalene “Maggie” Hoff is more comfortable working in the Food Processing and Extrusion Wet lab in Raven Precision Agriculture Center than in the center of the Capitol Rotunda, but that is where she will be Feb. 29, with other students giving research poster presentations in Pierre.

  • Engineering students lead SDSU to football title

    Led by two academic All-Americans, 13 SDSU student-athletes majoring in engineering had a role in leading South Dakota State University to its second straight Football Championship Subdivision national title Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.

  • Faculty Research Spotlight: Phuong Nguyen

    Construction may be among humanity's oldest industries, but there are still ways to deliver better, more efficient outcomes. That’s according to Phuong Nguyen, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.

  • NSF grant supporting this year’s Data Science Symposium

    The sixth annual Data Science Symposium at South Dakota State University kicks off Feb. 5 with a new sponsor — the National Science Foundation’s Division of Mathematical Sciences. The independent agency of the federal government that is best known for funding faculty research also funds STEM education efforts.

  • Can dental plaque be used to strengthen soils?

    In South Dakota, expansive and sulfate-rich soils can cause serious problems for civil infrastructure, like roads and bridges, and agriculture production. In certain climatic conditions, these expansive — or "problematic" — soils will crack and swell. A new National Science Foundation-backed project from South Dakota State University will explore if biofilms made from dental plaque can help improve the stability of problematic soils.