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David C. Earnest, the Odeen-Swanson Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of South Dakota, has been named dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½. Earnest was selected following a national search and will begin working on the SDSU campus July 8.

Anne Fennell, a distinguished professor in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½'s Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, has been named one of 25 inspiring women in the field of plant biology by the American Society of Plant Biologists.

SDSU assistant professor Phuong Nguyen's research was recognized at the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2024 Construction Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Congress.

The annual Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Celebration of Faculty Excellence recognized 30 faculty members, researchers and scientists Tuesday. The event honors faculty members in the university's colleges for outstanding research, teaching and service.

Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor of food chemistry, has demonstrated how banana peels can be utilized to create biodegradable films — plastic-like material that will decompose in the environment and may one day replace petroleum-based plastic as the dominant food packaging material.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ researcher Srinivas Janaswamy has demonstrated how switchgrass can be utilized to create bioplastics.

Can artificial intelligence tools help predict stock price movement and volatility? Two Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ researchers believe so.

After nearly two years of construction, the POET Bioproducts Center has officially opened its doors to the region's leading bioprocessing scientists. The new laboratory, located in the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Park at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, will bring researchers from SDSU and South Dakota Mines together with industry partners to scale up innovative biotechnologies and varying South Dakota's economy.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ will begin a four-year program to improve perinatal health outcomes through the implementation of Alliance for Innovation and Maternal Health patient safety bundles at hospitals and birthing centers across South Dakota.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s program to address substance use disorder in South Dakota has received additional funding to combat substance use overdose. A new award of $300,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration will result in a one-year program titled START-SD.