Stories

Manisha Muthukarruppan, Carissa Bersche and Mathew Kimaku smile and hold their Awards for Academic Distinction.

April 14, 2026

Four CAFNR students receive Award for Academic Distinction, Hesburgh Scholarship

Three CAFNR students received the award and one CAFNR student received the scholarship at the annual ceremony.
Four people stand smiling in front of white banner with the words LEAD 21 in blue and green font.

April 14, 2026

Ryu, Thelen graduate from LEAD21

DJ Ryu, director of CAFNR's Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, and Jay Thelen, professor and associate chair, Division of Biochemistry, represented Mizzou among 84 individuals from across the country who completed the LEAD21 leadership-development program. The 21st class of LEAD21 represented land-grant institutions and their strategic partners from across the nation.
Emma Knudson, Harrison Luechtefeld and Carissa Bersche stand together and smile as 2026 Mizzou '39 recipients.

April 13, 2026

Meet CAFNR’s 2026 Mizzou ‘39 recipients 

Three CAFNR students share their undergraduate experiences after being recognized as one of Mizzou's 39 outstanding seniors.

Nov. 25, 2025

CAFNR announces Matching Equipment Grants Program winners

The CAFNR Office of Research has given out its most recent Equipment Matching Grants, which provide matching support for the purchase of major equipment that will advance the infrastructure available for research and will help improve research metrics identified in the CAFNR Strategic Plan. The equipment must be shared by several faculty members. In total, this funding period saw matching grants of $114,000 from CAFNR, with a total acquisition cost of $551,000 for all equipment.
Top 10 in 10 Years gather for recognition.

Nov. 25, 2025

CAFNR honors top 10 faculty members in research funding

The CAFNR Office of Research recognized the "Top 10 in 10 Years" Friday, Nov. 21, at the annual CAFNR Novemberfest celebration. These are the Top 10 faculty members in research funding over the past decade (2016-25) in CAFNR.
Alison Rutledge with her Biochemistry Freshmen Interest Group class

Oct. 22, 2025

Advisor Alison Rutledge honored with Golden Apple Award

Alison Rutledge, senior academic advisor in the Division of Biochemistry, was surprised with the CAFNR Golden Apple Award Wednesday, Oct. 22.
A student in a lab.

July 22, 2025

CAFNR Students Selected for Honors College 2025 Cherng Summer Scholars Program

The Cherng Summer Scholars program allows Honors College students at the University of Missouri to explore their passions through research projects aimed at questions they are interested in analyzing.
Mackenna Rodgers posing.

July 9, 2025

Recent CAFNR graduate selected for Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Mackenna Rodgers (B.S. Biochemistry ’25) was selected to participate in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
A student working in a lab.

July 9, 2025

Biochemistry student wins American Association for Cancer Research Undergraduate Scholar Award

Blake Arciga, senior biochemistry major, was awarded the American Association for Cancer Research Undergraduate Scholar Award for his work in Satyanarayana Rachagani’s veterinary medicine and surgery lab.
Mizzou Forward graphic.

May 15, 2025

14 CAFNR students awarded Mizzou Forward Undergraduate Research Training Grants

Fourteen CAFNR students have been awarded Mizzou Foward Undergraduate Research Training Grants. The purpose of these fellowships is to financially support undergraduate students who are serious about pursuing a graduate education in STEM and NSF-funded fields in order to enhance their opportunity to be admitted into the graduate school of their choice.