Accolades

Leah Gastonguay presents at Mizzou's three-minute thesis competition.

Nov. 23, 2025

CAFNR doctoral student takes top honors in Mizzou Three-Minute Thesis Competition

Leah Gastonguay, PhD student in plant, insect and microbial sciences, won first place in Mizzou's 3MT (Three-Minute Thesis) Competition Nov. 19. Her presentation was titled, "Feeding Hungry Pollinators."
Shanon smiling.

Nov. 20, 2025

Shanon Dickerson named International Engagement Award recipient

The awards recognize the outstanding work to internationalize Mizzou.
Students with certificates.

Nov. 13, 2025

Mizzou students earn second place in National Financial Planning Challenge

Seniors Ian Mueller and Lindsay Peters represented Mizzou in the three-phase contest.
Soils Judging Team poses for a photo.

Nov. 13, 2025

MU Collegiate Soil Judging places 3rd at regional contest, helps out rival team

Last month, the MU Collegiate Soil Judging Team took home third place at the 2025 Region V Soil Judging Contest in Omaha, advancing to the 2026 National Collegiate Soil Judging contest in Raleigh, North Carolina, this upcoming spring. Mizzou’s team is the largest collegiate soil judging team in the nation, and although 24 Mizzou students competed in the contest, only 21 actually competed for the Tigers.
Collage of portraits of Fritschi, Mittler and Yang

Nov. 11, 2025

CAFNR faculty members named Highly Cited Researchers for 2025

Three faculty in CAFNR's Division of Plant Science and Technology have been named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, marking them as among the most influential researchers in the world: Felix Fritschi, C. Alice Donaldson Professor; Ron Mittler, Curators' Distinguished Professor and Bond Life Sciences Center faculty member; Bing Yang, Curators' Distinguished Professor and Bond Life Sciences Center faculty member.
Madeliene on stage.

Nov. 4, 2025

CAFNR student wins National FFA Proficiency Award in Diversified Crop Production – Entrepreneurship

Pollard is a freshman in agricultural education.
Shibu Jose

Oct. 28, 2025

Jose named to World Agriculture Forum Global Council

Shibu Jose named to the World Agriculture Forum Council.
Alison Rutledge with her Biochemistry Freshmen Interest Group class

Oct. 21, 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.
Hendrickson’s research tackles a variety of food system topics. She examines food system structure; alternative ways of participating in the food system for farmers, consumers and communities and the social, economic and ecological impacts thereof; and the impacts of food system organization and technological change on international farming systems.

Oct. 13, 2025

Mary Hendrickson returns to Iceland as Fulbright Specialist

Mary Hendrickson, professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, has received a Fulbright Specialist Program Award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Bish and Barizon pose with award.

Oct. 5, 2025

Jeff Barizon Named Driver to Distinction

Barizon was presented with the award on Oct. 6, 2025.