Mines News

Recently, a group of South Dakota students, together with other graduate students, research scientists, and Scott Tighe, lead scientist for the extreme microbiome project and research faculty at the University of Vermont, explored the 4,100-level...

A team from South Dakota Mines has been selected as a winner of the U.S. Department of Energy Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies Planning Prize, earning a $1 million cash award to support planning for education...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes a scientific breakthrough that South Dakota Mines researchers are helping advance using elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos to explore the universe’s most energetic and mysterious environments.

South Dakota Mines has significantly increased its merit scholarship awards for incoming freshmen, nearly doubling the scholarship funding available to qualifying students. Beginning in fall 2027, each of the university’s scholarship levels will...

At the time, it was likely the Cadillac of metallurgical instruments. A top-of-the-line, hand-operated hydraulic testing machine used by generations of South Dakota Mines students to test the properties of various metals. After spending more than...

For more than a century, South Dakota Mines and Black Hills State University have competed for bragging rights on the field. This week, the historic West River rivals are taking that competition beyond the scoreboard through the annual Black Hills...