Research

VERMILLION, S.D. – This spring, two groups of University of South Dakota students will pitch their ideas to address worldwide youth unemployment as part of the international Hult Prize competition.

VERMILLION, S.D. – Graduate and undergraduate students from several regional universities and colleges will present papers at the 54th annual Student History Conference Thursday, February 26 at the University of South Dakota. The day-long conference will feature papers by undergraduate and graduate students focusing on local, United States, European and world history.

VERMILLION, S.D. – A collaborative research project between South Dakota KIDS COUNT and USD’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program reveals that rising numbers of South Dakota families with children rely on safety-net health and social service programs. The research highlights changes in child poverty and enrollment in health and social service programs since the Great Recession, and it includes data from Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the National School Lunch Program.

VERMILLION, S.D. – The School of Health Sciences Interprofessional Health Education Center (IHEC) at the University of South Dakota has been awarded a contract from the South Dakota Department of Health (SD DoH) to work on a major state-wide objective from a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant to improve access to, participation in and coverage for the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for people with prediabetes, particularly in underserved areas.