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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.

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.

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.

Two women's passion for service inspired Larson throughout her nursing career and as a sister. And they continue to guide her in her new national leadership role as the president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. She’ll hold the position for one year and then serve as past president for a year.

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.

Delaney Wilson grew up hearing about Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, but she said all those good things didn’t sink in until she visited campus herself.

Douglas Raynie, professor emeritus and former head of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, visited Egypt’s Beni Suef University in November 2025 as part of the U.S. Fulbright Specialist Program.

Joseph Gladden Hutton, a professor who served in South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts' agronomy department between 1911 and 1939, was the college's first soil scientist and saw trouble brewing long before the drought took hold.