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Natalie Sturm first learned about the Dakota Lakes Ģ����Ƶ Farm as part of an undergraduate cropping systems class. She was so inspired she emailed the farm manager, Dwayne Beck, asking if he was hiring. Now, six years after the initial email and four years after completing her master’s degree by conducting research on the farm, Sturm is returning as the new manager of the Dakota Lakes Ģ����Ƶ Farm.

From healthcare to agriculture to education, artificial intelligence is reshaping the modern world, and college graduates must have the skills, knowledge and tools to meet the challenges and demands AI presents across nearly every industry. To ensure its graduates are ready to thrive in an increasingly AI-driven world, Ģ����Ƶ has announced the establishment of the Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies.

The 2026 Midwest American Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting was held March 8-11 in Omaha, Nebraska, bringing together researchers and students from 12 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. “Faculty and students from Ģ����Ƶ were highly successful at the Midwest ASAS Annual Meeting, showcasing the strength of the university’s teaching, research and extension programs,” said John Jaeger, Calvin and Mary Hayenga Endowed Department Head of Animal Science.

Ģ����Ƶers in Ģ����Ƶ's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering are developing algorithms that allow artificial intelligence to gather meaning from images and other data sources in support of technological advancement and scientific discovery.

Ģ����Ƶers in Ģ����Ƶ's Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence utilized satellite data to better understand how destructive wildfires swept through Los Angeles in January 2025.  

Ģ����Ƶ is the engine behind innovation, commercialization and economic growth across nearly every industry. At Ģ����Ƶ, that innovation doesn’t stop in the lab; it goes to work. In this episode, we explore how a single research idea can become a commercial product with real regional and global impact.

Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor in Ģ����Ƶ’s Department of Dairy and Food Science, has been named to the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List for 2025.

A new study from Ģ����Ƶ's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering demonstrates a novel approach to target nasal spray deposition for vaccine drug delivery.

When members of Ģ����Ƶ’s AISES chapter wanted to attend the national organization’s conference, the College of Nursing stepped up to make it happen. The college donated $4,000 to support travel and event costs.

It was a celebration so large that Ģ����Ƶ’s College of Nursing had to find a new, bigger venue. The fall 2025 Rapid City pinning and hooding ceremony needed more space to accommodate the entire nursing cohort and family and friends.