News at SDState

For the third consecutive year, South Dakota State University has broken its research expenditures record.

Gazala Ameen, assistant professor of plant-pathogen interactions at South Dakota State University, has been awarded the 2025 Early Career Award by the American Phytopathological Society’s North Central Division.

A grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency will support and uplift South Dakota's firefighters — particularly the rural, volunteer workforce — with resources to assist them in meeting the physical demands of firefighting.

Wenfeng An, a professor and pharmaceutical science researcher at South Dakota State University, is engaged in research that has potential to lead to the development of vaccine for a variety of cancers.

Michael Gonda has received a 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award.

A unique opportunity has been given to 14 undergraduate students by the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. The students were awarded grants that will allow them to conduct a research project under the mentorship of a college faculty member.

Researchers in South Dakota State University's Department of Dairy and Food Science are developing an innovative solution to defeat listeria and other foodborne pathogens.

Rural America is facing a nursing shortage. Theresa Garren-Grubbs, clinical assistant professor in South Dakota State University's College of Nursing, is addressing the problem head-on through research and education.

The South Dakota State University Robotics Club came home with best design honors after competing at the Vex Robotics World Championship in Dallas May 9-11. VEX competitions make up the largest and fastest growing robotics engineering platform in the world with divisions for elementary and middle schools, middle and high schools and VEX U for colleges and universities. This year’s Vex U game involved placing rings onto various stakes — some stationary and others mounted on mobile goals that could be moved to corner zones to either double the team’s points or result in negative scoring. In addition to winning the design award, the South Dakota State University entry placed 13th out of 54 teams in the math division, one of two divisions in the Vex U competition.

South Dakota State University faculty members are fighting back against the state's most challenging invasive species.