News at SDState

Darci Fink, a researcher in South Dakota State University's Biosystems Networks and Transformative Research-Insight into Inflammation Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (BioSNTR-II COBRE) received a flagship grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore the underlying causes of lymphedema, a disfiguring disease that affects 10 million people in the U.S.

How South Dakota State University researchers are using cutting-edge technologies to move the agricultural industry forward.

For those who want to turn their love of dairy into a career, the SDSU Department of Dairy and Food Science is adding a new two-year degree program to its offerings.

AI-enabled safety glasses designed by a group of South Dakota State University engineering students so impressed judges at a NASA contest that State students repeated as champions at the Gateways to Blue Skies competition at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. The glasses are designed to assist aircraft mechanics, but they could be applied to virtually any field. The system captures images of maintenance tasks, listens to the mechanic during the repair process, and automatically generates a complete maintenance report that becomes part of the aircraft’s service record. The SDSU team dubbed Wingman was one of eight teams selected to compete in the NASA contest finals May 18-19 at the NASA facility.

Tong Wang, associate professor in South Dakota State University's Ness School of Management and Economics and Extension specialist, was awarded the 2026 F.O. Butler Award for Excellence in Research at the annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence.

A new study from South Dakota State University's Ness School of Management and Economics found that farmland values rose by 44% after changes to U.S. energy policies sparked the ethanol industry's initial boom.  

Five questions with Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Dairy and Food Science. 

Jihong Cole-Dai, Distinguished Professor in South Dakota State University's College of Natural Sciences, is set to retire after more than two decades of service.

South Dakota State University researchers calibrated thousands of years of bison existence records with future projected weather patterns to forecast a significant northwest shift in suitable living conditions for the North American bison.

An interdisciplinary team of South Dakota State University faculty, including Brittney Meyer, professor of pharmacy practice in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, has received a $3,500 grant from the Karen McComish Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Program to support a series of film screenings and discussions aimed at addressing a complex social challenge that resists simple solutions or explanations: vaccine hesitancy.