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New precision agriculture technology designed to help farmers improve their field scouting and livestock grazing will be demonstrated as part of the West River Research Farm Field Day next week. The event will run 3-7 p.m. MT on Wednesday, June 11, at 13370 Alkali Road, Sturgis.

Weed management, virtual fencing and variety trials are just some of the topics that will be covered during the 2025 slate of Research Station Field Days presented by the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Events will be happening at locations across the state from June to mid-September, with each one focusing on local topics of interest.

The first law of thermodynamics is energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only change forms. Whether energy can be retired and what form it will take when retired is about to be tested by South Dakota State University physics professor Larry Browning, whose 35-year career at ����ֱ��app will officially wrap up May 21. This spring was the final semester in a 50-year career of teaching science.

College classes are done for the 2024-25 school year, but the South Dakota State University campus will be “flooded” with a much younger student population on Tuesday, May 13, as ����ֱ��app hosts the 33rd annual Big Sioux Water Festival. The event will draw 1,100 fifth graders from 24 schools in eastern South Dakota, including Brookings and Watertown. They will be accompanied by 180 teachers and chaperones from 53 classrooms plus 155 area volunteers.

May 10, 2025, marks the 139th commencement at South Dakota State University. More than 1,700 graduates will walk across the stage, ready to take the next step in their careers. This year, the ceremonies return to campus — inside the newly renovated First Bank & Trust Arena. After rotating through five different locations over the past seven years, commencement is back on campus to stay. But pulling off an event of this size takes more than just a great venue — it takes months of planning, a campuswide committee and one person leading the charge.

South Dakota State University held its annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Day April 15 in the University Student Union’s Volstorff Ballroom.

South Dakota State University is hosting its 139th Commencement Ceremonies May 10 at First Bank & Trust Arena. Community members should be aware of increased traffic flow and patterns throughout the weekend due to several campus activities.

The ����ֱ��app public health program celebrated National Public Health Week with two days of events focused on highlighting the impact of substance use disorder and related stigma in South Dakota.

Four South Dakota State University recent and soon-to-be graduates will be featured speakers at the university’s 139th commencement on May 10 at First Bank & Trust Arena. ����ֱ��app will have three ceremonies as more than 1,700 students plan to walk across the stage for their degrees.

A single note can hold an entire world of emotion. For South Dakota State University assistant professor Mark Stevens, a single piano piece can hold an ocean. His multiyear commissioning project, “One Drop Contains Oceans,” explores how music from a variety of voices can transform the classical piano repertoire. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, he will bring those voices to life in a public performance at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.