For $799,000, you can buy town of Scenic
SCENIC, S.D. (AP) — Scenic, once known as a Wild West town next to the Badlands, now finds itself in an unlikely place: listed for sale by the woman who has owned much of the town for years. And Twila Merril is hoping to get as much as $799,000 for the town located 50 miles [...]
Farms of the future: bio-oil, biochar from biomass
Rural landscapes of the future might have pyrolysis plants instead of grain elevators on every horizon —processing centers where farmers would bring bulky crops such as switchgrass to be made into crude oil. Those pyrolysis plants would pass that crude “bio-oil” on to refineries elsewhere to be made into drop-in fuels and industrial chemicals; they [...]
SDSU and pharmaceutical company team up against E. coli
SDSU is partnering with animal health leader Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. to develop a new technology to protect pigs against a deadly form of E. coli. SDSU filed a patent application before publishing its research findings on the technology, developed by assistant professor Weiping Zhang and professor David Francis in SDSU’s Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Department. [...]
Consul General of India to Chicago to visit SDSU
The Consul General of India to Chicago, Mukta D. Tomar, will visit SDSU on Aug. 3, to talk about relations between South Dakota and India. An open public discussion will take place at 11 a.m. in the Campanile Room of The Union on campus. Tomar is a career diplomat and a graduate of Kolkata University [...]
SDSU ‘Industry cluster’ study looks at I-29 corridor
Researchers at South Dakota State University are studying the state’s Interstate Highway 29 corridor to learn what “industry clusters” exist already, and what related industries would complement them to drive economic growth. Carol Cumber, a professor in SDSU’s Department of Economics, is defining and analyzing industry clusters with master’s degree student Joshua Warne. Their project [...]
Pepsi products available on campus soon
The cola war is on at SDSU. A new soda contract allows both Pepsi and Coca-Cola vending machines on campus, according to a post on InsideState, an online communication site for faculty and staff. The new machines will start showing up on campus Aug. 1. Before the new contract, SDSU was a Coke-exclusive campus. Check the [...]
Research project could help colonize space
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Humans may move one step closer to colonizing space thanks to a new research project that NASA is funding at South Dakota State University, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Oglala Lakota College. The South Dakota institutions have won a National Aeronautics and Space Administration grant of $750,000 to [...]
Nold appointed director of SDSU Extension’s agriculture and natural resources program
Barry Dunn, dean of the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences and director of SDSU Extension, announced the appointment of Rosie Nold as agriculture and natural resources program director for SDSU Extension, pending the approval of the South Dakota Board of Regents. “I look forward to working with her as she [...]
SDSU recreates campus at Dakotafest
Courtesy SDSU College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences The 16th Annual Dakotafest is set for August 16-18, 2011 at the Schlaffman Farm in Mitchell, S.D., and SDSU’s presence will be hard to miss thanks in part to a three-story inflatable replica of SDSU’s signature Coughlin Campanile The campanile is just one piece of a simulated [...]
Hobo Day theme takes zombifying twist in 2011
Every year, Hobo Day has a different theme, for 2011 it will be “Night of the Living Hobos.” This year’s chief planner, or Grand Pooba, Briana Troskey is looking forward to homecoming week and Hobo Day, which is Nov. 5. “I’m really excited about Hobo Day,” she said, “Hobo Day is a big deal to me. I [...]
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