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ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s annual Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Day will feature a wide range of student projects on April 14, including 14 undergraduate research projects funded by the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences for the 2025-26 school year.

The ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Department of Natural Resource Management invites the public to attend its 2026 International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralists seminar. All are welcome to attend the event on Friday, April 17, at McCrory Gardens in Brookings.

Graduate students make up about 10% of the student population across more than 100 master’s degree and Ph.D. programs and specializations and 23 graduate certificate programs offered at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ. Each graduate student is immersed in research and scholarship with the support of their advisor and the Graduate School staff. April 6-10 is Graduate Student Appreciation Week, a great opportunity to highlight a few graduate students at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ and the work they are accomplishing.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ students and faculty made their annual migration to the National Bison Association conference in Denver, Colorado, last month. More than just attending, the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ representatives made considerable contributions to meeting’s agenda from planning to presenting.

More than half of South Dakota’s landscape, around 24 million acres, is covered with the most abundant ecosystem in the world, rangeland. More than pretty scenery, the complex and varied environment is home to relationships among plants, animals and soil that were formed over millennia to mutually thrive and now play a crucial part in the South Dakota way of life.

Since the 1940s, the range degree program at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ has been preparing students for critical roles in conservation and the agriculture industry. Today, the range specialization builds on that tradition to serve students with unique opportunities as one of only 14 accredited programs in the country.

A new study from ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ is working to better understand juvenile survival rates for mule and white-tailed deer in the western half of the state.

Carie Green, ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ's Profilet and DeJong Family Endowed Director of Early Childhood Education, designed a project to expand the experiences of early childhood and elementary education teacher candidates.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ is expanding its graduate offerings with the launch of a new social science Ph.D. program, an interdisciplinary program designed to address complex challenges facing rural communities and society at large.

More than 125 scholarships totaling more than $650,000 were awarded last week as part of the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Scholarship and Recognition Banquet. The annual celebration of student achievement honored students representing every department within the college.