Inside CAFNR

March 5, 2025

Plant Science & Technology welcomes new faculty

Emily Althoff has joined CAFNR as an assistant extension professor and state extension specialist in urban entomology. Hers is a joint position with Lincoln University in Jefferson City, where Althoff serves as an assistant extension professor. Her extension program focuses on the intersection of insects in our everyday lives (our homes, gardens and trees), and her research is in insect chemical ecology; how insects use their sense of smell to navigate the world around them. Althoff received two graduate fellowships, and has interned at both the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Illinois Natural History Survey:…

Feb. 11, 2025

Get to know Derek Brake

What are your job duties/job responsibilities in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources? I am an assistant professor in the Division of Animal Sciences. My current appointment is 45% research, 45% teaching and 10% service. In other words, I teach several 4000/7000-level courses, advise students, and participate on committees while also conducting fundamental research designed to understand how to better meet the nutrient requirements of ruminants.   How long have you worked in CAFNR? I joined CAFNR in August of 2018. What do you enjoy about working for CAFNR/Mizzou? I grew up around agriculture…

Tiger Garden student workers pose with Dean Daubert.

Feb. 11, 2025

Catch Up with CAFNR – February 2025

Catch Up with CAFNR, February 2025: A photo gallery of CAFNR happenings!

Dec. 11, 2024

Catch Up With CAFNR – December 2024

Dec. 8, 2024

Message from Dojin Ryu

It has been a busy year for the Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (FNES)! I have just completed my first full year as director. I am pleased with progress we are making in our mission areas of teaching, research and extension. I share with you here a few highlights! FNES welcomed 126 new undergraduates in August; a 25% increase from last year! Total combined opening day enrollment in our two majors, Food Science & Nutrition and Nutrition & Exercise Physiology (NEP), was 426. Also in August, we welcomed a “new,” full-time academic advisor, Tammy Conrad.

Mary Agnes and Al McQuinn at a podium with MU banner behind them.

Nov. 21, 2024

The gratitude of latitude

Alumnus Al McQuinn establishes a legacy at Mizzou.

People smile at annual lunch event

Nov. 11, 2024

Catch Up With CAFNR – November 2024

Oct. 27, 2024

Message from Harvey James

Welcome to the Fall 2024 edition of the Division of Applied Social Sciences (DASS) alumni newsletter! I am Harvey James, Director of the Division. I was formally appointed Director in March of this year. I was Interim Director for about 15 months prior to that. Some of you may know our previous Division Directors: Joe Parcell (2017-2022), Jill Findeis (2011-2017), and the late Mike Nolan (1995-2011). DASS is one of six Divisions within the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). Our focus is on the social sciences. The other five divisions (animal sciences; plant…

People leading a presentation

Oct. 16, 2024

Catch Up With CAFNR – October 2024

a group of people wearing black and gold

Sep. 11, 2024

Catch Up With CAFNR – September 2024