Trista Strauch, assistant teaching professor of animal sciences and fisheries and wildlife sciences in the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, has received one of the 2015 William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, Commerce Bank Chairman Jim Schatz and a group of professors, administrators and staff surprised Strauch by honoring her with the Fellowship, which…
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The Lake Effect
Tony Thorpe, Coordinator for the Lakes of Missouri Volunteer program, has big plans for this years Float Your Boat fundraiser
Spending time around the lake is second nature for Tony Thorpe. As the Coordinator for the Lakes of Missouri Volunteer Program, he is constantly analyzing lake water samples gathered by his volunteers, and conducting research on the water. However, one of his favorite times spent at the lake comes once a year, and it’s one that takes serious preparation. It’s…
Taking a Bite Out of Carp
Mizzou taste test shows Asian carp may be ready for dinner
Asian carp may be ready for dinner in the U.S.
Big River, Big Data
Old research will help conservationists solve new problems
The University of Missouri is taking existing Midwestern river resources research data and retasking it to predict future problems.
Eat More Carp
A delicious solution for an invasive fish problem
Want to fight the spread of an invasive fish? Eat them.
Planting Pollinators
Southern Boone students help with native seeding
On November 9 students from Southern Boone Elementary in Ashland joined researchers and other volunteers at Bradford Research Center for the planting of a new native pollinators plot.
Climate, Food, Community
Collaboration focuses on environment and Missouri agriculture
A five-year MU program will study climate variability and its potential agricultural, ecological and social impacts in Missouri.
Better First Contact
Project hopes to save isolated Amazon groups from extinction
Amazonian indigenous peoples are often devastated by their first contact with the modern world, but can rebound in population within a decade if they survive the initial meeting.
Outstanding Choice
CAFNR TA receives MU TA Choice Award
Andrew Alba, teaching assistant for Introduction to Captive Wild Animal Management and Introductory Zoology, was chosen as an MU TA Choice Award recipient.
Add to Your Toolbox
SNR commencement speaker advises to keep learning
Keep adding to your toolbox of skills and life experiences to be happy and successful in life, said William Ruppert, December commencement speaker at the University of Missouri School of Natural Resources.