Category: Accolades

May 2, 2024

Alan Spell recognized with Provost’s Award for Creative Extension Programming by New Faculty

Alan Spell, assistant extension professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, has been chosen to receive the Provost’s Award for Creative Extension Programming by New Faculty. Spell specializes in economic and industry research for MU Extension’s Exceed program. Spell’s work includes publishing the monthly Missouri Economy Indicator briefs, conducting broadband studies and industry economic impact analyses, and providing data training. This award recognizes faculty with a current (at least 25 percent) extension assignment who have made exceptional accomplishments in their first four years of service to MU in the field of extension or continuing education.

May 2, 2024

Scott Peck receives Provost’s Award for Leadership in International Education

Scott Peck, professor, Division of Biochemistry, and member of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group, has been chosen to receive the Provost’s Award for Leadership in International Education. This award recognizes faculty who have provided outstanding leadership in strengthening the University of Missouri’s international dimension by demonstrating outstanding leadership in international education by virtue of their contributions.

May 2, 2024

Ahmed Balboula receives Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award

Ahmed Balboula, assistant professor, Division of Animal Sciences, received the Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award. Research conducted in the Balboula laboratory employs cutting-edge imaging technologies, transgenic mouse models and genetic approaches to understand the molecular mechanisms regulating mammalian oocyte meiosis and early embryonic development. This award gives special recognition to junior faculty, who are in the early phases of their careers, for superior research and creative activity on the MU campus.

May 2, 2024

Corinne Valdivia awarded C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship

Corinne Valdivia, professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, and D. Howard Doane Professor, has been awarded the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship as part of the 2024 Faculty Excellence Week. The C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award recognizes a University of Missouri System faculty member who demonstrates commitment, dedication and effectiveness in advancing the land-grant mission through extension, international education, and agricultural economics programs. The fellowship is presented to a faculty member who personifies the creativity, vision and leadership exhibited by the late Dr. C. Brice Ratchford.

April 29, 2024

CAFNR students and mentors earn Show Me Research Week awards

Over 500 MU students and postdoctoral fellows presented their research and creative activity during Show Me Research Week, April 8-12. The week celebrates Mizzou students as creators, innovators, problem solvers and thinkers.

April 29, 2024

Dairy Products Evaluation Team sees success at national competition

The MU Dairy Products Evaluation Team competed in the National Dairy Products Evaluation contest on April 16 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.

April 29, 2024

MU Agronomy Club sees success at Students of Agronomy, Soil & Environmental Sciences Spring Meeting

MU Agronomy Club attended the SASES (Students of Agronomy, Soil & Environmental Sciences) Spring Meeting hosted by The Ohio State University April 12-15. The crops judging team placed second overall.

April 29, 2024

Collaborative CAFNR research paper published in American Journal of Botany

“Halophytes and heavy metals: A multi-omics approach to understand the role of gene and genome duplication in the abiotic stress tolerance of Cakile maritima” was published in the American Journal of Botany, a combined effort between CAFNR students and computer sciences students.

April 29, 2024

Three CAFNR students and alumni honored by National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.

April 25, 2024

David Mendoza-Cózatl named Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies