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In the early 2000s, South ��ֱ���� State University used the tagline “You can go anywhere from here” in a number of ads to feature students and alumni who used SDSU as a launching pad to a variety of study abroad locations and high-profile careers. One of the featured students was Ryan Lefers, a farm kid from Corsica studying agricultural engineering, who had participated in a study abroad program in Egypt. The North African country would be just the start of Lefers’ Middle Eastern adventures.

Before South ��ֱ���� was a state, before the ��ֱ���� Agricultural College became South ��ֱ���� State University and even before the United States Weather Bureau, the precursor to the National Weather Service, was formed, there were people who recognized the value of collecting weather data. The first iteration of a weather station in Brookings began recording daily temperature and precipitation totals on July 1, 1888.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin got a firsthand look Saturday at how South ��ֱ���� State University is leading the future of technology in the agricultural industry. Zeldin visited campus to discuss the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences’ precision agriculture program and how SDSU is making technology accessible for farmers.

South ��ֱ���� State University will improve medical imaging and health care outcomes through the advanced study and application of the chemical element germanium.

Innovative technology for range management will be the focus of the upcoming Cottonwood Field Station Field Day. All are invited to hear about the latest South ��ֱ���� State University research on the topic on Friday, Aug. 15, from 9 a.m.-noon at 23738 Fairview Road, Philip.

In a new project through the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering's Future Innovators of America program, Matthew Croke will work with assistant professor Aritra Banerjee to develop a system that predicts root zone moisture using artificial intelligence and remote sensing tools.

Wenfeng An, a professor and pharmaceutical science researcher at South ��ֱ���� State University, is engaged in research that has potential to lead to the development of vaccine for a variety of cancers.

South ��ֱ���� State University has been selected by the American Association of Colleges and Universities to participate in the 2025-26 Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum.

Shabbir Ahmed, assistant professor in South ��ֱ���� State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop algorithms that will accurately measure a battery's state of charge.

South ��ֱ���� State University's Wokini Initiative has announced the projects and awardees for the 2026 Challenge Grant.