Stories
Oct. 6, 2025
Jeff Barizon Named Driver to Distinction
Barizon was presented with the award on Oct. 6, 2025.
Sep. 8, 2025
Michelle Brooks Named Driver to Distinction
CAFNR Vice Chancellor and Dean Christopher Daubert recognized Instructor Michelle Brooks with the CAFNR Driver to Distinction award during a surprise visit to her classroom Sept. 4, 2025. Heike Bücking, director of the Division of Plant Science and Technology; Debbie Finke, professor and associate director of the Division of Plant Science and Technology; Vicki Bryan, coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group; and David Braun, director of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group, joined Daubert for the surprise. Brooks was honored for her years of service to the Mizzou plant community’s research and teaching needs.
July 24, 2025
Mizzou Student Chapter of the American Institute of Floral Designers Win Awards at AIFD National Symposium
The MU Student American Institute of Floral Designers (SAIFD) Chapter placed 2nd in the nation in the student competition during the American Institute of Floral Designers National Symposium in Palm Springs, July 12-15.
July 23, 2025
2025 C-DRIG recipients announced
The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Office of Research offers the CAFNR Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (C-DRIG) of up to $2,000 to support or partially support dissertation research projects proposed by doctoral students in the College. Eligible students will have completed their coursework and have advanced to candidacy or will advance to candidacy within six months of the C-DRIG awards. Proposals are evaluated by the CAFNR Research Council, an advisory body that advises CAFNR Office of Research and is made up of representatives from each Division in the College. This year, six awardees were granted $2,000 each. The…
July 9, 2025
2025 CAFNR Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (C-DRIG) winners announced
The CAFNR Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (C-DRIG) are offered through the CAFNR Office of Research. The C-DRIG grant supports up to $2,000 or partially support dissertation research projects proposed by doctoral students in the College.
July 9, 2025
Mizzou Torq’N Tigers find success at the International 1/4 Scale Tractor Design Competition
Torq’N Tigers had two teams competing in the ASABE International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition this summer.
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.
May 7, 2025
Rob Myers receives the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award
Rob Myers, director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and an Extension Professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology, has received the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award.
May 7, 2025
Bing Yang named Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society
Bing Yang has been named a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society (APS).
May 7, 2025
Walter Gassmann receives Noel T. Keen Award
Walter Gassmann, professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology, and director of the Bond Life Sciences Center, has received the Noel T. Keen Award from the American Phytopathological Society (APS).