Mines News

South Dakota Mines welcomes curious minds of all ages to its Spring 2025 STEAM Café presentations. STEAM Café, an ongoing series of free informal talks by Mines faculty, staff and visiting experts, is a partnership between the university, South...

In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, South Dakota Mines student groups will volunteer to collect food and cash donations at local grocery stores. The food drive, it its 15th year, benefits Feeding South Dakota, a statewide hunger relief...

Two South Dakota Mines professors are working to improve mining statistics, thanks to a $1.25 million National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) grant focused on making safer underground mining conditions.

The Society of Chemical and Synthetic Biology (SCSB) recently awarded Rajesh Sani, Ph.D., South Dakota Mines professor in the Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.

As early as six months after birth, the body’s hyaluronic acid (HA) levels—a crucial molecule for tissue structure, cell growth, and movement—begin to decline, raising the risk of arthritis, cardiovascular issues, and slower wound healing....

South Dakota Mines has honored 763 students in the fall 2024 semester for academic excellence. The university named 714 students to the Fall 2024 Dean’s List, and 49 students to the Fall 2024 Academic Recognition List.