Mines News

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...

Lata Pawar, a doctoral researcher from India, is bringing her curiosity to South Dakota Mines through the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship, a prestigious bilateral exchange program that fosters academic and cultural collaboration between India and the...

The free, family-friendly event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Mines campus, with activities centered in the Nucor Mineral Industries Building. U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota will be among the featured speakers during the event’s...