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University professor gives advice on making transition from high school to college math.

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Brass instrument music professor John Colson has developed techniques for teaching & playing musical instruments with orthodontic braces. The former conductor & director of the South Dakota State University Civic Symphony Orchestra wrote a book with study materials, practice procedures and assignment guide for budding instrumentalists with braces.

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Keith Clark, the bugler who hit a wrong note while playing taps at President John F. Kennedy's burial, may have been wrongly criticized. Scholar, SDSU Music Department head & trumpeter David Reynolds sets the record straight. Hasty planning, military protocol, cold weather & temporary deafness could have caused "a lesser trumpet player ... not even (to) come close to playing as beautifully as he did."

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Scientists are gearing up for development of experiments to conduct in a deep underground science and engineering laboratory in the former Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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Cutting-edge research at South Dakota State University may yield a new therapy that targets only cancer cells, leaving healthy cells unharmed. Pharmacy associate professor Marek Malecki's "suicide gene therapy" recognizes cancer cells and introduces genetic material to make those cells die by apoptosis.

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Researchers at South Dakota State University are mapping native prairie cordgrass for its use as biomass in making cellulosic ethanol. The two-year project will look at chemical composition of cordgrass to improve disease resistance & reduce the amount of lignin in the dry matter. The Northern Plains crop offers another resource for the bioenergy industry.

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South Dakota State University chemistry assistant professor studies metabolites left in human hair longterm after exposure to chemical warfare agents that will help medical treatment for the person exposed and litigation against chemical warfare users.

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The 2 1/2 day conference will bring together experts from around the country to talk about impact & future development of biofuels. The conference is in cooperation with the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC). Tours of nearby corn, soybean & biodigester plants will be given.

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Drs. Kevin Kephart and Arvid Boe from South Dakota State University are experts researching ag-based renewable energy, including the use of swithgrass.

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SDSU's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory is making preparations to become a testing center for the highly virulent strain of avian influenza identified as H5N1.

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Michael Catangui, entomologist at South Dakota State University, is an expert on the subject of West Nile.

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Dr. Carla Dieter, faculty member at South Dakota State University, is an expert on the subject of allergies.

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Two commencement addresses will be given at SDSU April 30, one by former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle and one by graduating senior Laura Lynn Geraets.

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A team of researchers will work at the South Pole in December and January, collecting ice core samples that can provide detailed information about the Earth's atmosphere, including how oxygen first entered the picture.

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South Dakota State University, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center, has created a Center of Excellence that will greatly enhance research, education and ser vice capabilities in geographic information science.

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SDSU has ended a 30-year tradition of accepting tobacco company sponsorship of its rodeo club. Rodeo scholarships will now come from health organizations.

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First he lobbied to make geography a high school graduation requirement in South Dakota. Then he taught the teachers"”"”so many, in fact, that South Dakota has more K-12 teachers with masters degrees in geography than all other states combined.

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A new research project is focusing on creating environmentally friendly plastics, fibers and films from a corn byproduct.

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The South Dakota Lions Eye Bank and the South Dakota State University College of Nursing are working to increase eye, organ and tissue donors on Indian reservations. While the need is great, mistrust and conflict with traditional Lakota values keeps donor numbers down.

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Convincing proof shows that the popular pharmaceutical herbal supplement kava is safe, though evidence causes some concern about liver toxicity related to pharmaceutical kava preparations.

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By examining ice core samples from Antarctica, researchers are determining if and how major volcanic eruptions over the last 1,500 years relate to changes in the earth's climate.

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We all need calcium, but we don't all like milk. MOOM (Made Out Of Milk), a new orange-flavored carbonated soda first developed at South Dakota State University, provides the same calcium and minerals as milk, but without the fat and protein.

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A one-year accelerated nursing program, approved by the State Legislature in March and launched by South Dakota State University this month, will get pre-qualified students out in the field quickly to help alleviate the state's nursing shortage.

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South Dakota State University is one of a handful of places in the world growing human brain cells in the search for a cause and possible cure for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.