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SD EPSCoR hosts 2nd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

August 25, 2015   |   Category: News & Updates

More than 150 undergraduate students participating in summer research at South Dakota public, private, and tribal colleges and universities presented their findings at SD EPSCoR’s second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium July 30, 2015, at the […]

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Innovation: Daniel Engebretson And Biomedical Engineering

March 18, 2015   |   Category: News & Updates

Daniel Engebretson, PhD, is a physical chemist and is chair of the USD biomedical engineering program.  He’s also the head of the USD Graduate Education and Applied Research (GEAR) Center in Sioux Falls.  He  discusses […]

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Minnesota Business Magazine | Local Focus: South Dakota, a business-friendly neighbor

February 6, 2015   |   Category: News & Updates

Our neighbor to the southwest, South Dakota, has a smaller population and an economy about one-sixth the size of Minnesota’s. But the two states have more in common than they have differences. The economic diversity that can […]

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SDSU to hold statewide student app competition

September 22, 2014   |   Category: News & Updates

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Sept. 18, 2014 – South Dakota State University is encouraging all South Dakota college students to participate in the university’s upcoming student app development contest. Sponsored by Vision Brookings, with $5,000 in […]

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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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