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The future of America’s national mammal continued to brighten this week as officials from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, the National Bison Association and the National Buffalo Foundation formally launched the Center of Excellence for Bison Studies, to be headquartered at SDSU’s West River Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and Extension facility in Rapid City.

Imaging engineers are testing a prototype device to calibrate sensors on Earth-imaging satellites and conducting research to validate new remote sensing products.

Associate pharmaceutical sciences professor Jayarama Gunaje proposes that compounds produced when the body breaks down, or metabolizes, aspirin and flavonoids present in fruits and vegetables may contribute to colorectal cancer prevention.

Valeriah Big Eagle, a member of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ College of Nursing, has been chosen as one of 24 recipients for a prestigious Bush fellowship by the St. Paul, Minnesota-based foundation.

The Institute for Play Therapy Education at SDSU is the first in the state to become an Association for Play Therapy-approved center.

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new South Dakota Animal Disease Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL) on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus in Brookings will be held on Sept. 6. The ribbon cutting and a short program will begin at 4:30 p.m. and guided public tours will immediately follow the program, with the last tour departing at 7:30 p.m.

Two Oglala Lakota College students explored careers in science and agriculture through the Future Agriculture and Science Taskforce Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates fellowship program this summer.

Andrea Bjornestad, an assistant professor in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Counseling and Human Development, received the E. Gordon Poling Administrator Award from the South Dakota Counseling Association.

Doctoral student Ibrahim Abusallout of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is using natural sunlight and titanium dioxide to break up harmful compounds which form when disinfectants, such as chlorine, react with organic matter in the wastewater.