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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¢¹½ÊÓƵ Park at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, 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¢¹½ÊÓƵ 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¢¹½ÊÓƵ’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.

Farmers across the United States will be able to monitor their crops in real time, thanks to a novel algorithm from researchers in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's world-renowned Image Processing Lab was recognized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the 2022 Robert H. Goddard Awards, held earlier this year.

Through a nearly $100,000 grant, the National Science Foundation has positioned Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ to help improve the nation's research enterprise. One of the NSF’s primary goals is to increase the United States' ability to conduct high-quality, impactful research.

Over the past two decades, the United States has been importing more and more avocados each year, underlining a growing obsession with the nutrient-dense fruit. Simultaneously, the U.S. and the rest of the world have been dealing with a growing environmental crisis spurred on by an overreliance on plastic. Could avocados — specifically avocado peels — provide a potential solution?

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵers on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's campus will now have a framework to help turn innovative discoveries into viable commercial products through a five-year, $14 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Great Plains Innovation Corps.

The National Institutes of Health will fund work in the newly created Center of Biomedical Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Excellence through a $10.9 million, five-year federal grant. Led by Adam Hoppe, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, the center aims to expand existing partnerships with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the Biomedical Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Infrastructure Network at the University of South Dakota.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵers at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ focused on the humanities and social sciences conducted several research initiatives during 2022 with outcomes that will have lasting impacts on the citizens of South Dakota and their communities.