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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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  • Photo of Neil Nolop and his wife, Hege Ruud Nolop.

    USD Establishes Nolop Institute for Medical Biology with $5 Million Gift

    VERMILLION, S.D. – To honor the life and legacy of alumnus Keith Nolop, a medical doctor who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of South Dakota in 1975, his estate has donated $5 million through the USD Foundation to establish the N...

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