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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students and faculty made their annual migration to the National Bison Association conference in Denver, Colorado, last month. More than just attending, the SDSU representatives made considerable contributions to meeting’s agenda from planning to presenting.

A new study from an SDSU researcher advocates improving wheat and other staple foods through agricultural techniques, making the food people love to eat healthier.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Department of Animal Science has been named the 2025 North American Limousin Foundation Promoter of the Year following its collaborative efforts in conducting a multiyear beef cattle research study.

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ — led by associate professor Saikat Basu — determined the critical exposure durations for inhaled transmission of pox viruses, including smallpox and mpox, and may have provided key insights into a medical mystery.

Mount Rushmore. The Badlands. Bison. Three things that come to mind when thinking of South Dakota scenery. Of the 400,000 bison that currently live in North America, around 10% — nearly 40,000 — roam the state’s landscape. It makes sense then that the epicenter of bison research would also be here, where it can have the biggest impact.

A collaborative project between Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing and College of Natural Sciences is improving medical imaging accuracy through the study of germanium, a chemical element found in the Earth's crust.

Through a partnership with Avera Health, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's College of Nursing is working to address the rural nursing workforce shortage.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering has increased its research expenditures, nearly doubled its doctoral enrollment and has implemented high-impact research programs to help move the university towards Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ 1 designation.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering will serve as the host of a new National Science Foundation-backed Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Experiences for Undergraduates site, aimed at giving students experience with cutting-edge research in energy and power systems.

As a fifth grader, Julia Steffl commandeered the family kitchen for a science project to research how yeast works. Today, her research is in the Dakota BioWorx facility east of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus, where she works as a Pioneer BioTech student employee. There, she applies the centuries-old practice of fermentation by using high-tech equipment in a Dakota BioWorx lab to hopefully produce a product that will make life better for her family’s Minnesota farm and improve the lot for all farmers by creating another ag-based product. Steffl is a junior agricultural and biosystems engineering major from Callaway, Minnesota, about an hour east of Fargo, North Dakota.