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USD’s Libby Brust Announced as Only Truman Scholarship Finalist in Dakotas
Summary: Libby Brust, a junior double majoring in medical biology and international studies at the University of South Dakota, was recently announced as a finalist for the highly competitive Harry S. Truman Scholarship. -
USD Student Explores Electro-Osmotic Flow for Tissue Regeneration
Summary: University of South Dakota student Jordan Grothe pursued an interdisciplinary undergraduate research project investigating how electro-osmotic flow could be used to deliver electric fields safely to promote tissue recovery and regeneration. -
Ph.D. Data Science and Engineering Student Takes First Place in USD 3MT Competition
Summary: Priyam Pandey, a Ph.D. student in data science and engineering at the University of South Dakota, received first place at the seventh annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition held on Feb. 21 in the Muenster University Center Ballroom. -
Recent USD Graduate Researches Reproductive Behaviors in Birds
Summary: Gabriella Beberg, a December 2023 graduate of the University of South Dakota, studied the change in length of telomeres of the chestnut-crowned babblers and the effects it had on their reproductive behavior in their cooperative breeding species.
Guest Column
The media & journalism program at USD checks all the boxes when it comes to preparing students to attack the intense world of media. From access to top of the line equipment, to a beautiful Coyote News studio, to endless opportunities to get hands on experience in a variety of media settings, students can literally dabble in everything and figure out which path they want to take with their media career.
Guest Column | Prentiss Clark
Prentiss Clark, Ph.D., assistant professor in the USD Department of English, reflects on teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic during the fall 2020 semester. Her American Literature class was taught in a hybrid of face-to-face and remote formats, while her Aesthetics class met entirely face-to-face (although physically distanced and masked).