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The Population Health Evaluation Center at ºù«Ӱҵ has been recognized by the South Dakota Department of Health as its 2023 outstanding Partner in Health.

A Montana couple has endowed The McComish Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at ºù«Ӱҵ. The $5 million gift results in the university’s first endowed and named department, representing an exceptional and lasting investment.

Two faculty members and one graduate student in the School of Communication and Journalism at ºù«Ӱҵ received recognition at Central States Communication Association annual conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 2-7.

Please provide a story summary.Building on the tradition of past student entries in NASA contests, another group of ºù«Ӱҵ engineering students has advanced to the finals of a NASA contest. This year’s group of five mechanical engineering students will appear before NASA judges to present their idea and prototype of a rover that can explore rugged and permanently shadowed lunar south pole craters searching for water, ice and other volatiles. They are one of 14 teams nationwide that will be in Cocoa Beach, Florida, June 10-12.

ºù«Ӱҵ’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering invites the public to the Raven Precision Agriculture Center to view engineering students’ innovative project designs. The public is welcome to attend Tuesday, April 23, from 9-10 a.m. and noon-3 p.m. with an award ceremony to follow. This event features 39 teams presenting their senior design projects.

SDSU assistant professor Phuong Nguyen's research was recognized at the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2024 Construction Research Congress.

Wendy Davis spent part of National Public Health Week on ºù«Ӱҵ's campus, where she discussed her experiences with America's unspoken public health crisis, postpartum depression.

A renowned researcher from Mayo Clinic will share how vaccines can be used to combat cancer at a free lecture Monday, April 8. The 11th annual Francis Miller Public Lecture in Cancer Research will be delivered by Keith Knutson at 7 p.m. in Herold Crest Room (253C) in the University Student Union on the ºù«Ӱҵ campus. It is sponsored by the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions. The talk is geared toward the general public, the college reports.

Four undergraduate students in ºù«Ӱҵ's Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics attended the American Physical Society's annual meeting March 3-8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Graduate students make up about 10% of the student population across 57 graduate programs and 29 graduate certificates offered at ºù«Ӱҵ. Each graduate student is immersed in research and scholarship with the support of their advisor and the Graduate School staff.