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Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor of food chemistry, has demonstrated how banana peels can be utilized to create biodegradable films — plastic-like material that will decompose in the environment and may one day replace petroleum-based plastic as the dominant food packaging material.

The South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Board of Regents approved requests by South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University on May 9 to add two new academic programs in elementary education and special education. The programs were then approved by the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Education, May 22 so they may officially launch next fall.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University has been named to The Princeton Review’s 2021 Guide to Green Schools list. According to The Princeton Review, the schools on the list share superb sustainability practices, a strong foundation in sustainability education and a healthy quality of life for students on campus.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University associate professor Robert McTaggart was selected as the Society of Physics Students’ Outstanding Chapter Advisor for 2019-20. According to SPS, the Outstanding SPS Chapter Advisor à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã is the most prestigious SPS award.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University professor Sanjeev Anand is not resting on his laurels and has many more research ideas underway. The IDFA is the sponsor of this ADSA award, which Anand said is the highest research award given in the discipline. Anand was also recognized for his excellence in the classroom with the 2018 IDFA Teaching à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã.

Valeriah Big Eagle, a member of the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University College of Nursing, has been chosen as one of 24 recipients for a prestigious Bush fellowship by the St. Paul, Minnesota-based foundation.

The Doner Auditorium digital preservation project is moving forward, thanks to a South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Humanities Council grant.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University announced today the Jackrabbit Journey Scholarship will be awarded starting for the fall 2020 semester, rather than fall 2021 as previously announced. The Jackrabbit Journey Scholarship will provide financial assistance to students who have earned dual credits from SDSU and enroll at SDSU for the fall 2020 semester following high school graduation.

President Donald Trump signed the 2020 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, Dec. 20, with a historic provision that will provide full funding to support American Indian students seeking the benefits of higher education at land-grant universities, which include tribal colleges. The bill passed both the House and the Senate prior to Trump signing.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University’s College of Nursing had three classes post a perfect 100% in the National Council Licensure Examination. The college’s Brookings site spring 2019 graduates went 66 for 66 and 44 of those students passed in the minimum 75 questions.