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State Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday February 02, 2020 ( 11 items )  

Amphibian Disease Expert Earns Schwartz Award at USD
VERMILLION, South Dakota, Jan. 28 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: Jacob Kerby, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, is the sixth recipient of the Truman and Beverly Schwartz Distinguished Faculty Award at the University of South Dakota. The Schwartz Award, presented every third year, provides annual financial support for the scholarship, teaching and service of a tenured professor whose record and promise of achievement are exceptional. Kerby is widely known for  more

Attorney General's Office Releases Rapid City Police Officer Involved Shooting Summary
PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 29 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the Division of Criminal Investigation released the summary into the shooting of Patrick Alden, 29, Rapid City, SD, on December 29, 2019, in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Division of Criminal Investigation assisted by the Rapid City Police Department conducted the investigation at the request of the Rapid City Police Department. The incident occ  more

Michigan State University: Long-Term Mapping Key to Effective Management of Irrigated Areas
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 28 [TNSenvironmentresearch] -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Spanning eight states from Texas to South Dakota, the Ogallala Aquifer is one of the largest and most stressed aquifer systems in the world. Underlying some of the most dynamic irrigated area in the country, it supports a $20 billion agricultural economy, but groundwater use is unsustainable over a large part of the aquifer. According to experts, maintaining and even expandi  more

Pithan Leads University of South Dakota Nursing
VERMILLION, South Dakota, Jan. 30 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: Anne Pithan, D.N.P., has been named chair of the nursing department at the University of South Dakota. Pithan has served in the nursing profession for 33 years, working in both academia and practice, and she began her service at USD in 2017. Pithan oversees a large and successful program that offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree at four sites across South Dakota, including in Verm  more

S.D. Gov. Noem Announces Legislation to Provide Certainty, Predictability for Rural Development
PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 1 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Jan. 31: At the Black Hills Stock Show, Governor Kristi Noem announced that she will introduce legislation that provides certainty and predictability for businesses and operations looking to open or expand in rural South Dakota. "Rural development projects are vital to the long-term success of our small towns, communities, and the families that keep them strong," said Noem. "Too often, though  more

S.D. Gov. Noem Introduces Anti-Rioting Legislation to Keep South Dakotans and Their Property Safe
PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem sent the final version of her anti-rioting legislation to legislators, tribal leaders, state's attorneys, and other stakeholders. "As governor, my duty is to protect South Dakota's people and property," said Noem. "In unprecedented fashion, consulting with stakeholders, we've put together legislation that promotes law and order, protects the community against violence, and  more

Sanford Health: Lisa MacFadden Makes Research Look Like a Game
BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 31 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: Scientific research doesn't always involve wearing a white lab coat and scrutinizing cells under a microscope. Sometimes, research involves handing someone a golf club and evaluating how they swing it. When Upstate New York native Lisa MacFadden pursued her Ph.D. in biomechanical engineering in Utah, she didn't picture that her science career would eventually center around sports at a health system in South Dakota.   more

University of South Dakota Hosts Second Triennial Interdisciplinary Symposium Jan. 30-31
VERMILLION, South Dakota, Jan. 29 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: The University of South Dakota Department of Music presents "Sound, Color, Shape...," an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from across campus, Jan. 30-31. "The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us," said Paul Lombardi, Ph.D., assistant professor of music. "The environment we explore is not   more

University of South Dakota Microbiologist Finds Possible Treatment for Bacterial Infections
VERMILLION, South Dakota, Jan. 31 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: A research team at the University of South Dakota led by microbiologist Michael Chaussee, Ph.D., is working on a possible therapeutic treatment for patients with Streptococcus pyogenes that does not utilize antibiotics. Human infection with Streptococcus pyogenes ranges in clinical severity from asymptomatic infection and uncomplicated "strep throat" to life-threatening diseases such as toxic shock sy  more

University of South Dakota: Feeney to Discuss First Amendment and Social Media at School of Law Lecture
VERMILLION, South Dakota, Jan. 28 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: The University of South Dakota School of Law will host Matt Feeney, director of the Project on Emerging Technologies at the Cato Institute, for a lecture on Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. The lecture is titled "Meme Law -- the First Amendment on Social Media." "This is a becoming a larger issue for our generation because of the rise of social media," said third-year law student Dani Rang. "There's also been mul  more

USD's Wenqin Xu Receives Grant for Germanium Detector Research
VERMILLION, South Dakota, Jan. 31 [TNSgrants] -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: Wenqin Xu, Ph.D., an assistant professor for the Department of Physics at the University of South Dakota, has recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research in operating high-purity germanium detectors in liquid scintillators. The germanium detector will have the ability to indirectly investigate properties of neutrinos that often pass through detect  more