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Tools for the changing environment

The nation's leading bison Extension specialist, South Dakota State University's Jeff Martin, is involved in a $7.39 million, multi-institution cooperative agreement that will aid in bison recovery efforts and will provide local producers with the adaption tools they need to compete in a dynamic world.

‘An Evening with Jeffrey Rosen’ planned at SDSU

The public is invited to “An Evening with Jeffrey Rosen,” set for 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Larson Memorial Concert Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the South Dakota State University campus. Rosen, a noted legal scholar, is president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. At SDSU, he will present “The History and Future of the American Idea.”...

School of Communication and Journalism alum receives Outstanding Thesis Award

Marie Anderson, a 2023 graduate from the South Dakota State University School of Communication and Journalism, is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender.

Speaker to chart history, future path for drug development

How has the U.S. Food and Drug Administration changed and what does it take to get a new drug approved and on your pharmacy’s shelf? Matthew Confeld, associate director of clinical research methodology at Worldwide Clinical Trials, will provide a brief history of how and why the FDA came to be and the immense work that goes into getting new therapies approved. Confeld, of Minneapolis, will give a newfound appreciation for the little pills sitting in your medicine cabinet when he talks to pharmacy students at South Dakota State University Oct. 21.

SDSU recognized with Gladys Pyle Award for voter registration

South Dakota State University received the Gladys Pyle Award for efforts in young voter registration from South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson on Sept. 30. The award reflects voter registration efforts by many on campus including the School of American and Global Studies, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Accessibility and the Diversity in Athletics Council.

Jawdhari earns prestigious grant from the American Concrete Institute

Akram Jawdhari, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has earned a prestigious award from the American Concrete Institute to study the use of fiber reinforced cementitious matrix.

Rising star: Basu invited to prestigious engineering showcase

Saikat Basu, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been invited to the American Society of Mechanical Engineering Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering Celebration and Showcase.

Fall Engineering Career Fair sets marks

Right at 1,000 student visits were recorded at the Sept. 18-19 Engineering Career Fair at Club 71 and loge-level spaces in Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. With 381 students visiting Sept. 18 and 620 visiting Sept. 19, the attendance breaks the mark of 859 set in 2023, when the Lohr College of Engineering first went to a two-day event. The record for a one-day event was 697 students in 2019. While some students could have visited both days, the 1,001 student visits represents over 60 % of the college’s 2024-25 undergraduate enrollment.

Donors come thru at One Day for State

Sept. 5 was a great day to be a Jackrabbit and that was particularly true for the Lohr College of Engineering. Sept. 5 was the date for the eighth annual One Day for State 24-hour fundraising campaign conducted by the SDSU Foundation behalf of the entire university. To quote the SDSU Foundation website, “The yellow and blue community showed up for SDSU like never before!” The tally shows 7,172 gifts from 6,068 donors for a total of $2,757,7990. The numbers for the Lohr College of Engineering are 282 donors contributing $181,844.

Jackrabbit in the Spotlight / Kamal Albousafi

If terms like Kalman filtering, normalized difference vegetation index and recursive algorithms sound like a foreign language to you, then you’re probably not watching math videos for fun. Kamal Albousafi, a senior math major from Sioux Falls, does. “I love math,” said the outgoing Albousafi, who does admit to being a bit nerdy when it comes to math. “The deductive power to use information and data to gain insight and understanding drew me to math and statistics,” he said. Albousafi found his nerdiness very helpful this summer as a Research Experience for Undergraduates program participant at South Dakota State University. Working under math faculty Hossein Moradi and Jung-Han Kimn, Albousafi used satellite images and dynamic modeling to predict crop health.