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South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University researchers and Extension specialists are fighting to protect North America's most endangered ecosystem: grasslands.

The South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Agricultural Experiment Station and the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State Foundation Seed Stock Division is releasing a new hulled oat cultivar and a hard spring red wheat cultivar to certified seed growers.

Researchers in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Department of Natural Resource Management, led by assistant professor and Extension Bison Specialist Jeff Martin, are working on a United States Department of Agriculture-backed project to support bison ranchers on the Great Plains.

Sen Subramanian has been named dean of the College of Natural Sciences at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University.

The Basu Lab has partnered with QHS Lab Inc., a leading provider of digital health care solutions, for the development of a potentially revolutionary drug delivery system.

The South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Census Data Center has been officially renamed the Center for Rural Vitality and Community Well-Being. The center, housed in the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University School of Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies, is launching a search for a rural sociologist in collaboration with SDSU Extension.

Researchers in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory were the first to identify a new strain of avian metapneumovirus — a highly contagious disease that is currently causing significant problems for the U.S. poultry industry — and are now working toward developing a safe and effective vaccine.

A pair of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University researchers are modeling the flow of liquid argon through the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) being built a mile under South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã’s Black Hills.

Jun Huang, assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to alleviate network efficiency and data privacy concerns related to wireless communications networks.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University associate professor Lee Weidauer has received a federal grant to develop a program that helps women reduce their risk of sarcopenia, a condition that results from excessive muscle loss with aging.