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Undergraduates present summer research

August 7, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

Undergraduate students participating in the Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) programs at South Dakota’s public, private, and tribal universities gathered in Pierre, S.D. July 25 to present their summer research at the South Dakota Undergraduate […]

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SD EPSCoR awarded $20 million grant

August 5, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-1 grant to the South Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (SD EPSCoR). The award will bolster South Dakota’s academic […]

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Pierre Capital Journal | Undergrads experience science

July 28, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

[news-link link=”http://www.capjournal.com/news/ungergrads-experience-science/article_ad7246ec-1606-11e4-b670-0019bb2963f4.html”] Most of the presentation titles were nearly unreadable to the layman, but one didn’t have to read the posters to get the sense that some serious science – mixed with a dash of […]

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South Dakota students compete in world robotics championship

July 10, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

Two teams from South Dakota high schools competed in the 2014 VEX Robotics World Championship April 23-26 in Anaheim, Calif. Teams from Harrisburg High School and the Sioux Falls Career and Technical Education (CTE) Academy […]

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Science festival engages next generation scientists

June 20, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Sanford Health hosted the 3rd annual “It’s All About Science” Festival June 14 at the Sanford Research Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., to encourage children to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics […]

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KELO Land | Sparking A Child’s Interest In Science

June 16, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

SIOUX FALLS, SD – There is a need for workers in STEM, or science technology, engineering, and mathematics in South Dakota. That’s why Dakota science-based organizations are looking to promote education in this field. Organizations that […]

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SD EPSCoR | Impacting South Dakota’s Economy

May 5, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

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2014 Diversity Summit – KOTA Territory News

February 12, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

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Public Universities Rewarded for Research Innovations

December 30, 2013   |   Category: News & Updates

From the South Dakota Board of Regents: PIERRE, S.D. – Six university proposals geared to promote research-driven economic development, along with a major collaborative project on security and anti-counterfeiting technology, will benefit from $1 million […]

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Converting water to hydrogen fuel using sunlight

September 23, 2013   |   Category: News & Updates

Sunlight is widely regarded as the most abundant energy source on Earth.  It is clean, free, renewable, and it depletes no fossil fuels.For these reasons, scientists have spent many years developing ways to convert sunlight […]

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