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South Dakota Mines Names Students to Spring 2022 Dean’s List
South Dakota Mines has named 587 students to the Spring 2022 Dean’s List. 

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Mines Tops the State and Nation in College Rankings
Mines Student Calculates Depth of the Earth’s Crust with “Raspberry Shake” Data at Underground Lab
Area Students Win West River Math Contest at South Dakota Mines
South Dakota Mines Hosts Fourth Conference on Science at Sanford Underground Research Facility
Olympic Gold Medal Winner Billy Mills to Speak at South Dakota Mines 185th Commencement
Nucor Donates Largest Corporate Gift in University History to South Dakota Mines for New Building

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Mines Dominates Governor’s Giant Vision and Statewide Business Competitions
South Dakota Mines has won both the student and open division categories at the South Dakota Governor’s Giant Vision Business Competition. The competition is the biggest of its type in the state and Mines students or alumni have taken home top honors at the competition for eight years in a row.
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Engineers and Scientists in Critical Need for United States Infrastructure Improvements
The United States is undertaking a new era of infrastructure improvements that highlight a critical need for engineers and scientists. Universities like South Dakota Mines train the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals who are required to create innovative solutions to the multiple infrastructure challenges of the modern world. 
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Mines Faculty Member Wins Prestigious NSF CAREER Award to Research Osteoarthritis
Scott Wood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nanoscience and nanoengineering at South Dakota Mines, has won a highly prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his work to study the causes of osteoarthritis and to build foundational knowledge needed to someday reverse the progression of the disease. 
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Braun Student Inventor Awards for New 3D Print Resin and Fire-Starting Device
Two South Dakota Mines students are winners of 2022 Braun Student Inventor Award. One award is for a new type of water-degradable 3D printer resin, while the other is for a new type of campfire starter.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
High School Students Complete Real-World Data Science on Antarctic Neutrino Experiment at Mines
During the IceCube Masterclass, students get a chance to work with the actual dataset measured by international IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the geographic South Pole.
Friday, April 1, 2022
Mines Faculty, Alumni Host “Talk Data to Me” Panel
At 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Hay Camp Brewing Company, a panel of industry experts representing companies from across the country will join Mines faculty, alumni and students in a panel discussion, titled Talk Data to Me.  
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Mines Annual Research Symposium Features Work on Space Travel, Water Quality, Supercells, DUNE, and More
The 12th annual Student Research Symposium at South Dakota Mines, starts at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, in the Surbeck Center Ballroom.  The event features an array of cutting-edge research across many fields of scientific study.
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