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  • Two students riding in a car with a lion in the background

    Kenya Trip

    Assistant professor of biology Andrea Liebl led a study abroad opportunity in Kenya this summer. Students in the field ecology class analyzed the local environment and wildlife.

  • Photo of Tyler Seidel in research lab with microscope.

    USD Biology Major Presented with Prestigious NSF Award

    VERMILLION, SD – Tyler Seidel, a University of South Dakota biology major and Hunkpapa Lakota (Standing Rock), has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation award for graduate study.

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  • Mabee and Summers Earn Named Professorships in Biology

    VERMILLION, S.D. – The University of South Dakota College of Arts & Sciences has named Paula Mabee, Ph.D., the Nolop Distinguished Professor and Cliff Summers, Ph.D., the Nolop Professor. Both are faculty members in the biology department.

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