Broadcaster Press 9 April 5, 2016 www.broadcasteronline.com Researchers To Study Human Impact On Artists & Authors Missouri River Series Hosts Sculptor A new $323,000, three-year grant contamination of the river. management issues. from the National Science Foundation will help budding scientists from tribes and different backgrounds examine how human intervention affects the nearby Missouri River and its dependent ecosystems. The 59-mile stretch of river that runs just south of the University of South Dakota and city of Vermillion is federally designated as the Missouri National Recreational River. This freeflowing section of one of the longest rivers in the world is home to a variety of plant and animal species and serves as a popular location for anglers and boaters. The un-channelized and undammed part of the “Mighty Mo” also represents an ideal spot for researchers to examine the impact of invasive activities on the river. Funded through the NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program, the Sustainable Remediating InVasives to Encourage Resilience (RIVER) project will bring 10 undergraduate students annually to USD to perform research under the direction of a faculty member. Principal investigator Meghann Jarchow, Ph.D., said invasive elements range from non-native tree and fish species to agrochemical “Since numerous factors affect the river, it makes sense to approach efforts to maintain its sustainability from a multidisciplinary perspective,” said Jarchow, who is also an assistant professor of biology and coordinator of the sustainability program at USD. “This program has an explicit focus on training interdisciplinary scientists. Increasingly, scientists will have to be good at working in teams with people from different disciplines and be more comfortable with issues related to diversity and inclusive excellence.” Beginning next fall, undergraduate students will apply to the program. Those chosen will spend 10 weeks of summer 2017 working on individual research projects with faculty who are members of USD’s Missouri River Institute. The institute develops and promotes research, education and public awareness of the natural and cultural resources of the Missouri River Basin. Students will also travel as a group to various locations on the river and collaborate on a final project, which will both disseminate their individual and collective research and make recommendations to the public on river Jarchow said she plans to recruit students who bring unique cultural and life experiences to the placebased nature of this project. She is collaborating with two tribal colleges located along the Missouri River -- the Nebraska Indian Community College and the Nueta, Hidatsa and Sahnish College -- to gain participation by Native American students in the region. She also aims to recruit sustainability majors from colleges and universities across the country. Research projects will range from studying the effects of invasive tree and fish species on Missouri River food webs to the ethno-historical relationship among American Indian tribes and the Missouri River ecosystem. USD faculty from anthropology, biology, Earth science and sustainability will serve as mentors. “My goal is to model a process where students gain depth of knowledge in their individual topics but also integrate with other people to get a better sense of the broader system,” Jarchow said. “If we are training future scientists, we need to train them beyond just how to do the scientific method.” Christopher Meyer Artist and Professor Christopher Meyer will be present at the Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library to share his work with the public, including discussion of his on-going commissioned sculpture for Sanford Vermillion on Tuesday, April 5th, at 7 pm. Meyer is a native South Dakotan and Associate Professor of Sculpture at his Alma Mater the University of South Dakota where he received his B.F.A. in sculpture. Meyer earned his M.F.A. in sculpture, graduating Summa Cum Laude, in December of 2003 from the University of Montana in Missoula, MT. In the past year Meyer has begun work on a large community based public sculpture project for the Dakota Hospital Memorial Foundation entitled “Assembly” in Vermillion, SD. The finished public sculpture will be cast in bronze and be made up of over 150 hands directly cast from community members and is due to be installed in the spring of 2017. Meyer works and lives with his family consisting of his wife, two children, two dogs and way too many cats on an acreage full of materials somewhere northwest of Vermillion, South Dakota where he has recently begun hosting an annual iron pour called the “Little Pour on the Prairie” each spring. The Edith B. 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