Stories
April 24, 2026
Carissa Bersche, Morgan Watkins named 2026 CAFNR Outstanding Seniors
Carissa Bersche and Morgan Watkins were recognized as CAFNR’s Outstanding Seniors at the college’s annual Celebration of Excellence ceremony April 23.
April 24, 2026
Gwynivere Newbrough named 2026 CAFNR Outstanding Freshman
University of Missouri freshman Gwynivere Newbrough was recognized as CAFNR’s Outstanding Freshman at the college’s annual Celebration of Excellence ceremony April 23.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.