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South Dakota Swine Summit presents industry opportunities to young producers

Young people with an interest in swine learned more about swine production and career opportunities at the second annual South Dakota Swine Summit on June 13, presented at South Dakota State University by SDSU Extension and the South Dakota Pork Producers Council.

Restructured, renamed school focuses on health, human sciences

South Dakota State University’s College of Education and Human Sciences has restructured and renamed one of its schools, now known as the School of Health and Human Sciences.

The South Dakota workforce of the future

South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering hosted industry professionals, higher education leaders, researchers and policymakers at the 2024 IEEE-USA IWRC Dakotas to bridge the gap between research and commercially viable products in light of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.

SDSU nursing alum receives viral recognition from Montana fan

On the SDSU Jackrabbit Fans Nations page, Wilson, a stage IV cancer patient, shared his story of the exceptional care he received from Marnie Chambless, a 1991 SDSU nursing alum from Tripp, South Dakota. Chambless was Wilson’s pre-/post-operation nurse in Colorado last month.

SDSU enters into partnership with Maguire Iron

South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering has entered into a partnership with Maguire Iron to develop a computer-based program to efficiently design and estimate the cost of water towers.

Offroad continues to improve in Baja SAE contest

The SDSU entry in Baja SAE continues to score more points in the annual contest overseen by the Society of Automotive Engineers. This year at Baja SAE Williamsport hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology at Montgomery, the team earned 360.95 points and placed 47th overall out of 110 college teams (57th percentile) from the United States, Brazil and Canada from May 15-19. Last year the team ranked 49th out of 86 teams (43rd percentile) with 311 points.

Jackrabbit in the spotlight—Allea Klauenberg / A story of trials, triumphs and determination

Allea Klauenberg long thought her career would be in engineering. As a child growing up on an acreage near Ogden, Iowa, 30 miles west of Ames, she played with Tinkertoys and Legos, not Barbies. “I always knew I wanted to do engineering. I just didn’t know the focus,” Klauenberg, who choose mechanical because she was told it was the broadest field of engineering. So broad, it could take her into the field of aerospace and give her an opportunity to be a leader in South Dakota State University’s Space Trajectory project.

SDSU tapped to lead NSF-backed, $7 million project to pioneer a new nitrogen bioeconomy era in South Dakota

South Dakota State University has been tapped by the National Science Foundation to lead a statewide project that will build research capacity focused on biological nitrogen fixation and its applications in sustainable agriculture and industry.

SDSU to host Speech Communication Association conference

The Speech Communication Association of South Dakota will hold its annual conference on South Dakota State University’s campus July 24-25.

Kelso named a 2024 Udall Scholar

Dallas Kelso was named a Udall Scholar in tribal public policy earlier this spring.