Stories
May 9, 2013
Mission: Excellence
When Frederick Blackmar Mumford, fifth dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture, faced an entirely different situation than his predecessors did.
April 29, 2013
The Burgers’ Bench
The Burger Family of California, Mo., warmed hearts the chilly morning of April 20 during the Morris and Dolores Burger tribute bench dedication hosted by CAFNR.
April 11, 2013
Missouri Soil in His Veins
Henry Jackson Waters, fourth Dean of the MU College of Agriculture, was no product of a prestigious eastern university.
March 31, 2013
Dial D to Prevent Diabetes
University of Missouri researchers found vitamin D supplements can help obese children and teens control their blood-sugar levels, which may help them stave off Type 2 diabetes.
March 20, 2013
Copper and Menkes
A team of Biochemistry researchers at the University of Missouri has published the first scientific evidence that the gene ATP7A is essential for the dietary absorption of the critical nutrient copper. This research explains why children with Menkes disease, who are born lacking this gene, develop a severe copper deficiency.
March 10, 2013
Change Agent
Into a maelstrom came CAFNR's third Dean.
March 10, 2013
Easier Cancer Detection?
A more accurate and less invasive breast cancer detection tool is being developed by Susan Deutscher and Thomas Quinn, both professors of Biochemistry.
March 10, 2013
History in Wood and Oil
A bit of agriculture history can be found in the CAFNR Dean’s Offices. The two pieces of furniture and a portrait are tied to William Henry Hatch (Sept. 11, 1833 – Dec. 23, 1896), the U.S. Congressman who in 1877 wrote legislation known as the Hatch Act of 1877. This act established state agricultural experiment stations for land-grant colleges across the nation. The furniture pieces, a hutch and a close stool (a chair with a hidden chamber pot in the absence of indoor plumbing), belonged to Hatch and were donated to the College after his death. The furniture came from his Congressional office. The portrait of…
Feb. 7, 2013
Academic Co-Stars
In 1885, in a move that newspapers of the day decried as a cynical grab for Morrill Act money, University of Missouri President Samuel Laws merged Mizzou with the supposedly separate new College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts to create the Missouri Agricultural College and University. The union, which survived only a few months, triggered angry outbursts by students, heated newspaper editorials and reprisals by the state government. The hot reaction caused Laws to quickly make the College a division of MU, but that didn’t stop the furor. An angry Missouri Governor called for ag’s removal and relocation from the University.
Dec. 13, 2012
How Mizzou Got Ag
It’s taken for granted today that the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources should be part of the University of Missouri. In the days when Missouri was struggling to recover from the Civil War and had no ag college, this was no cut-and-dried proposition.