Stories

Tamia Ray smiling with grad cap.

Dec. 14, 2023

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Tamia Ray

Get to know nutrition and exercise senior, Tamia Ray

Jack Dorson by M.

Dec. 14, 2023

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Jack Dorson

Get to know Park, Recreation, Sport and Tourism senior, Jack Dorson

Caleb Grohmann receives an award from the National Swine Improvement Federation

Dec. 12, 2023

A CAFNR Ph.D. student takes on swine mortality through technology

Caleb Grohmann was recently recognized by the National Swine Improvement Federation.

Fish

Dec. 1, 2023

CAFNR fish ecologist’s research indicates need to conserve iconic migratory snook in Mexico

A new study on the common snook, a prized game fish, will inform conservation policy in the Usumacinta River in southern Mexico.

Dandelion

Dec. 1, 2023

Riding the whims of the wind

Researchers develop a model that analyzes the future survival of plants in a changing climate based on how far wind can carry a plant’s seeds.

Nov. 28, 2023

Empowering roots

Ph.D. student continues personal discovery of identity through impactful research, new NSF grant.

Daniel Sjarpe Smiling at camera during a field day.

Nov. 27, 2023

Q&A with Daniel Sjarpe

Daniel is the Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) Assistant Coordinator.

Luke Smith (left) and Aidan Dowdney (right), junior biochemistry majors, are both Bryant Scholars. Photo courtesy of Aidan Dowdney.

Nov. 25, 2023

Biochemistry students accepted into MU School of Medicine Bryant Scholars Pre-Admissions Program

Aidan Dowdney and Luke Smith went from randomly assigned roommates to Bryant Scholars headed for medical school.

Student in soil lab on computer.

Nov. 22, 2023

Office of the Provost’s Grant for Classroom Improvement enhances soils lab experience

Soils labs in the School of Natural Resources have been upgraded to prepare students to work in the lab and in the field.

A woman in a black dress stands at a podium.

Nov. 21, 2023

Young alum Holly Enowski explored her international interests in CAFNR

Today, the science and agricultural journalism graduate is involved in many programs that fight hunger both locally and internationally.