BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Jan. 3 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Future Innovator spotlight / O'Connell finds research opportunities right under his nose By Dave Graves, Dave.Graves@sdstate.edu Fueled by a love for Legos and a fascination for how the body works, Edina, Minnesota, fifth-grader William O'Connell started writing research papers on how the eye functions and what causes an appendicitis. That was 2015. Ten years later, O'Connell is still writing r  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Jan. 3 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Ghabchi receives endowed position / Construction, structural materials expert named to Hanson post By Dave Graves Rouzbeh Ghabchi, who has developed a research-quality road construction materials lab during his tenure at South Dakota State University, has been awarded an endowed professorship. Ghabchi, who has been at SDSU since August 2016, was appointed as the John M. Hanson Endowed Associate  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Dec. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford completes combination with plastic surgery practice * RAPID CITY, S.D. Sanford Health has finalized its combination with Rapid City, South Dakota-based Black Hills Plastic Surgery. Black Hills Plastic Surgery is a comprehensive plastic surgery practice, which provides cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery, as well as non-surgical cosmetic treatments, to patient  more