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On a rainy September morning in downtown Sioux Falls, local and regional business leaders convened for the inaugural Sioux Falls Metro Economic Briefing. The event was conceptualized by Joseph Santos, academic director of the Ness School of Management and Economics at South Dakota State University.

Danielle Schievelbein was named the South Dakota State University College of Nursing’s 2026 Outstanding Researcher at the Celebration of Faculty Excellence in February.

There’s something basic about how the cells in your body work that the scientific community doesn’t fully understand. It’s called macropinocytosis.

South Dakota State University recently paid tribute to the university’s newest endowment holders. The fifth annual University Leadership Honors investiture ceremony — honoring nine holders of endowed positions across five different colleges and programs — was held Sept. 24 in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

Award-winning financial journalist and bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin will anchor the upcoming 2026 South Dakota Land and Lending Conference. South Dakota State University’s Ness School of Management and Economics is presenting the annual conference Oct. 15 at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.

Decades of research undertaken by South Dakota State University Distinguished Professor Kasiviswanathan “Muthu” Muthukumarappan earned him lifetime achievement awards from two professional organizations this summer. Muthu was honored by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) as a fellow at its meeting in Chicago July 11, and on July 14 he was in Indianapolis to be honored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers at its international meeting.

Calling his current position “an opportunity I just couldn’t turn down,” Alan Sparkman has taken the reins of the young and growing concrete industry management program at South Dakota State University. This is the sixth year for the program, which is housed in the Department of Construction and Concrete Industry Management. He replaces Tim Hostettler, who was the program’s first director. The South Dakota Board of Regents gave final approval for the program in May 2021 with entry-level classes offered that fall.

Two South Dakota State University researchers are available to explain the science behind the air quality forecasts millions of Americans are checking right now.