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Elizabeth Fox, government documents librarian at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Hilton M. Briggs Library, has been named the 2025 South Dakota Librarian of the Year by the South Dakota Library Association.

A controlled feeding study led by Moul Dey, professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, shows that older adults who ate fewer ultra-processed foods naturally consumed fewer calories and lost weight and abdominal fat. They also showed improvements in insulin, nutrient-sensing hormones and inflammation.

More than 125 scholarships totaling more than $650,000 were awarded last week as part of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Scholarship and Recognition Banquet. The annual celebration of student achievement honored students representing every department within the college.

Working alongside college classmates isn’t a common experience, but for three Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ music education graduates, it’s become their everyday reality.

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Soil Judging Team made an impressive showing at the recent National Collegiate Soil Judging Region 5 competition, garnering first-place awards in both the team and individual categories. Helping to bring home the team’s overall first-place score was individual top winner Luke Desmith, a senior agronomy major from Walnut Grove, Minnesota.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ researcher Swas Kaushal is part of a new generation of scientists blending technology and agriculture — and his work is gaining global attention through two major travel awards.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s School of Performing Arts advisor Sam Gowen has received the 2025 Marcus Boesen Memorial Award from the South Dakota Higher Education Association.

Adeline Flaskey, financial program assistant for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was SDSU’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for October. She has worked at SDSU since May 2018 and has shown exemplary performance, warm interpersonal skills and positive leadership, her nominators reported. They described her as a diligent worker with high attention to detail.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ senior Brooke Burnette has taken a major step toward her dream of becoming a storyteller and advocate for Indigenous communities.

More than 70 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ undergraduate students will showcase their agriculture industry internship experiences at Precision Connect ’25 Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Raven Precision Agriculture Center.