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200 Students Volunteer to Serve Community During Day of Service

Over 200 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology freshmen will take part in this year’s Freshman Day of Service Sunday, Aug. 20, heading to neighborhoods and service organizations to clean, restore and assist with projects.

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ICPC Foundation Gives $10,000 to SD Mines for Visa Help at 2017 World Programming Finals

Main Street Square to Host Hardrocker Night Aug. 17

SD Mines Team Preps for Launch with the National Eclipse Ballooning Project

In Memory of Benjamin Authier; Service Arrangements

Students Present Research on Affordable Housing, Buffalo Water Supplies, Food Production & More to Tribal Agencies

Nearly 550 SD Mines Students Intern at Companies from NASA to Pepsi

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

SD Mines Offers New Mining Class for Caterpillar Employees

SD Mines is launching a new and unique 30 week-long Mining Practitioner Program that provides Caterpillar employees from a non-mining background a comprehensive understanding of the mining industry.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Students Donate Hand-Made Baby Blankets to Hospital to Raise Awareness of Shaken Baby Syndrome

The SD Mines Future Health Science Professionals student organization donated 16 hand-made baby blankets to the Rapid City Regional Hospital to support the Cover Me Purple project, which combats shaken baby syndrome. With material donated by the local Wal-Mart, the students worked on the blankets every Saturday morning for three months.

Monday, July 24, 2017

SD Mines Researchers Play Integral Part in Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at Sanford Lab

Researchers from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology were on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony that marks the start of construction on the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF). The facility will be home to the international collaboration known as the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) which is being built and operated by a group of roughly 1,000 scientists and engineers from 30 countries.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

GenCyber Camp for High School Girls at SD Mines Inspires the Next Generation of U.S. Cyber Security Experts

An all-girl computer coding summer camp at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is free to accepted participants, thanks to a grant from the National Security Agency (NSA) GenCyber program. The NSA GenCyber program helps direct a diverse group of young people toward cybersecurity careers that are critical to national and economic security.

Monday, July 17, 2017

Fire Near Mines Campus Quickly Controlled

Rapid City firefighters quickly extinguished a wildfire that started on the grassy hills west of campus on Monday afternoon.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Researchers Conduct First Low-energy Particle Accelerator Beam Underground in the United States

Nuclear astrophysicists, led by principal investigator and SD Mines professor Frank Strieder, have successfully created the first low-energy particle accelerator beam deep underground in the United States, bringing them one step closer to understanding how the elements of our universe are built.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Kevin Price Named Hardrock Club Director at SD Mines

South Dakota School of Mines Athletic Director Joel Lueken is pleased to announce the hiring of Kevin Price as the new Senior Associate Athletic Director and Hardrock Club Director. He takes over the duties from Nate Brown, who resigned as Hardrock Club President this past April.

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