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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota teachers and education officials are meeting in Oacoma for this year's annual Indian Education Summit. • The event, which runs through Tuesday, is aimed at providing solutions to challenges faced by American Indian students. It also includes presentations on programs that have been successful. • Keynote speakers include Eastern Washington University professor Raphael Guillory, Bemidji State University professor Anton Treuer and Sitting Bull College President Laurel Vermillion from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. •
Biology professor to present Harrington Lecture
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- A University of South Dakota biology professor will present the university's 60th annual Harrington Lecture on Tuesday. • Karen Koster's talk entitled "Connections, Conundrums, and the Meaning of Life" will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Farber Hall. • Koster teaches courses on plant physiology, cellular physiology, cell biology and biology. Her research interests include understanding mechanisms of cellular dehydration tolerance, using seeds and moss to study how water loss affects cell structure. • She also performs research on seed longevity and the physical and chemical changes that occur in dehydrated cells. •
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