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A group of South Dakota high school students were provided unique learning opportunities in transportation and engineering on �ձ�av��Ƶ's campus earlier this summer.

All things agronomy will be the focus of the Northeast Research Farm Field Day next month. Everyone is invited to hear about the latest research from �ձ�av��Ƶ on Thursday, July 10, from 4 p.m. to dusk at 15710 455th Ave., South Shore.

All are invited to learn more about conservation efforts in the Coteau des Prairies region at the upcoming Oak Lake Field Station Field Day. Hear from �ձ�av��Ƶ experts on a variety of conservation topics on Thursday, July 10, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 19862 483rd Ave., Astoria.

There will be something for everyone at the �ձ�av��Ƶ Southeast Research Farm Field Day, Tuesday, July 8, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at 29974 University Road, Beresford. Attendees will be able to choose from multiple farm tours, hear relevant research presentations, and the day will end with a Family Evening put on by �ձ�av��Ƶ Extension.

�ձ�av��Ƶ graduate student Michael Worfa is researching solutions to reduce nitrogen mustard toxicity.

Researchers in �ձ�av��Ƶ's Department of Dairy and Food Science are developing an innovative solution to defeat listeria and other foodborne pathogens.

Over the past several months, as I have prepared to renew my nurse anesthesia certification, the idea of professional identity keeps running through my head. Like many of you, I have enjoyed a long career in nursing — both as a clinician and as an educator.

Twenty years ago this fall, 13 nurses — a “Who’s Who” list of nursing intellects in the upper Midwest — gathered as a cohort to pursue a doctoral degree in nursing, the first to be offered in the Rushmore State. Today, �ձ�av��Ƶ remains the only institution in the state to offer the research-focused Doctorate of Philosophy in nursing.

New precision agriculture technology designed to help farmers improve their field scouting and livestock grazing will be demonstrated as part of the West River Research Farm Field Day next week. The event will run 3-7 p.m. MT on Wednesday, June 11, at 13370 Alkali Road, Sturgis.

Four mechanical engineering students from �ձ�av��Ƶ found a way to make drones more useful for farmers and won a prestigious NASA contest in the process.  The first-place �ձ�av��Ƶ team was one of eight finalists in NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies contest, which this year had a theme of AgAir: Aviation Solutions for Agriculture.