Accolades

Dec. 11, 2024

CAFNR Students Selected as Missouri Farm Bureau Ambassadors

Claire Walker, sophomore agribusiness management major, and Karson Calvin, junior agricultural education major, were named the 2025 Missouri Farm Bureau Ambassadors at the 110th Missouri Farm Bureau annual meeting at the Lake of the Ozarks during the second weekend in December.

Dec. 11, 2024

Biochemistry student wins first place undergraduate poster at Midwest Drosophila Conference

Hannah Rice, a sophomore biochemistry major, presented a poster at the Midwest Drosophila Conference held in Bloomington, Indiana, Nov. 16 -17.

Dec. 5, 2024

Plant Science and Technology professor named American Society of Agronomy 2024 Fellow

Fellow is the highest recognition bestowed by the American Society of Agronomy.
A man with dark hair, brown eyes, and black-rimmed glasses in a black t-shirt with a Mizzou athletic tiger emblem on it stands in front of a public art sculpture in the bond Life Sciences building. He is smiling and leaning on a railing

Dec. 5, 2024

Plant Science and Technology faculty member receives International Engagement Award -Outstanding Faculty Contribution

David Mendoza-Cozatl, associate professor in the MU Division of Plant Science and Technology, was named recipient of a 2024 MU International Engagement Award by MU International Programs.
Three people pose for an award presentation.

Dec. 5, 2024

Jason Young, instructor in the School of Natural Resources, receives the Golden Apple Award

Young, internship supervisor for Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism students in the School of Natural Resources, received the award to acknowledge his teaching excellence.

Nov. 11, 2024

Animal Sciences graduate student joining National Pork Board’s Real Pork Scholars 2024 cohort

Rachel Self, a master’s degree student in the Division of Animal Sciences, has been selected as a member of the 2024 Real Pork Scholar Cohort through the National Pork Board.

Oct. 29, 2024

Animal Sciences Ph.D. student awarded travel grant for Plant and Animal Genomics Conference

Hunter McConnell, an Animal Sciences Ph.D. student, has been awarded the NRSP8 Travel Award to attend the 2025 Plant and Animal Genomics Conference (PAG32) in January.
An award ceremony.

Oct. 27, 2024

Dean Daubert Awarded Honorary American FFA Degree

Christopher Daubert, Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, was selected to receive the Honorary American FFA Degree.
Arshdeep Singh

Oct. 8, 2024

Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences graduate student receives national scholarship

Arshdeep Singh, a food and hospitality systems Ph.D. student, was recently awarded the Frank DeBenedetti Scholarship from the Northern American Meat Institute (NAMI) Scholarship Foundation.
An overhead view of a room filled with posters on easels and people gathered discussing those posters.

Oct. 2, 2024

Fourth annual CAFNR Research Symposium poster winners announced

The fourth annual CAFNR Research Symposium was held Tuesday, Oct. 1, and included a poster session. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs contributed posters to the session. In total, 89 posters were exhibited.