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Roggenthen’s rocks: decades of study and advocacy for geosciences at SURF

Dr. Bill Roggenthen, a professor emeritus of geology at South Dakota Mines, has been reading the rocks at America’s Underground Lab since the 1970s.

Engineering innovation meets history in groundbreaking neutrino experiment at SURF

Sowjanya Gollapinni elected co-spokesperson for DUNE collaboration

Sowjanya Gollapinni has been elected as the new co-spokesperson for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

The Institute for Underground Science at SURF Announces 2025 Davis-Bahcall Scholars

The scholars, who come from across the state of South Dakota, will take part in a once-in-a-lifetime, all-expense-paid exploration of the modern world of STEM research.

Dan Regan retires after more than 50 years at SURF and Homestake

Regan has spent more than five decades working at the site that is home to America’s Underground Lab.

Marty Two Bulls Jr., SURF’s 2024 AiR, hosts land art engagement with azilya

Marty Two Bulls Jr., the 2024 Artist in Residence at SURF and an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, led a land art engagement of the traditional Lakota practice of “azilya,” at SURF.

Wendy Straub named new Chief Operating Officer at SURF

Straub will oversee all surface and underground operations at SURF, the hoists and shafts, underground laboratory spaces, buildings, infrastructure, and the complex network of tunnels that make up America’s Underground Lab.

South Dakota Science and Technology Authority BOD Meeting March 20 in Lead

The SDSTA will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 8 a.m. in Lead.

America’s Underground Lab overhauls its WWII era wooden mine shaft

The deepest underground laboratory in the United States just finished an overhaul of a wooden mine shaft that transports personnel and supplies nearly a mile underground.