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South ��ֱ���� State University studio art senior Emma Hoff of Gillette, Wyoming, will display her Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibition on campus from Nov. 11-22.

With loud enthusiasm often reserved for athletic events, students, faculty and staff from South ��ֱ���� State University’s agricultural programs showed up in full force to welcome a live television taping of “AgDay College Roadshow” Oct. 30 on the SDSU campus.

The Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead is at the forefront of research in physics, geology, biology, engineering and more. Its leader, Mike Headley, will share details about the facility’s progress and plans for the future when he presents "Sanford Underground Research Facility: 2035 and Beyond," at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Woster Celebration Hall at the South ��ֱ���� State University Alumni Center, 815 Medary Ave.

The Thompson Center, South ��ֱ����’s most comprehensive counseling education center, and its supporters were celebrated at a grand opening event on the South ��ֱ���� State University campus Oct. 11.

Curtis Chin, a critically acclaimed Chinese American writer, producer and director, will be on the South ��ֱ���� State University campus Thursday, Oct. 24, to screen his documentary films and to discuss his award-winning memoir.

South ��ֱ���� State University leaders, students, alumni and friends gathered on the eve of Hobo Day to dedicate the Jim and Julie Higgins Hobo Day Plaza and celebrate the couple whose support made it possible.

The public is invited to “An Evening with Jeffrey Rosen,” set for 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Larson Memorial Concert Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the South ��ֱ���� State University campus. Rosen, a noted legal scholar, is president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. At SDSU, he will present “The History and Future of the American Idea.”

How has the U.S. Food and Drug Administration changed and what does it take to get a new drug approved and on your pharmacy’s shelf? Matthew Confeld, associate director of clinical research methodology at Worldwide Clinical Trials, will provide a brief history of how and why the FDA came to be and the immense work that goes into getting new therapies approved. Confeld, of Minneapolis, will give a newfound appreciation for the little pills sitting in your medicine cabinet when he talks to pharmacy students at South ��ֱ���� State University Oct. 21.

South ��ֱ���� State University President Barry Dunn bestowed SDSU Presidential Medallions upon four individuals, including one posthumously, Sept. 7 for their contributions to the university.

Mezzo-soprano Emily Wood Toronto will present a faculty recital on Monday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the South ��ֱ���� State University campus.