Mines News

In recognition of his international scientific leadership in microbial technology and sustained collaboration with researchers in India, Rajesh Sani, Ph.D., South Dakota Mines professor, has been named the 2025 Overseas Fellow by the Biotech Research...

South Dakota Mines has honored 855 students in the fall 2025 semester for academic excellence. The university named 794 students to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List and 61 students to the Fall 2025 Academic Recognition List.

South Dakota Mines is launching state-of-the-art fungal research laboratories through an $800,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, joining a multi-institutional effort to harness the power of artificial intelligence in the fight against antibiotic...

Sarah Wheeler Keenan, Ph.D., and South Dakota Mines associate professor of geology and geological engineering, will spend next month at the Taita Taveta University in Voi, Kenya, helping the institution design and launch one of the country's only...

For two decades, the South Dakota Mines ceremonial mace has been a constant presence at commencement. Carried in by the faculty chair as part of the academic procession, the mace symbolizes the university’s distinctive identity and mission.

Scyller Borglum, Ph.D., and South Dakota Mines alumna, will give the commencement address during the South Dakota Mines 192nd commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in the Fine Arts Theatre at The Monument in Rapid City. Those...