Stories

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.
A group of students posting around a poster.

Nov. 21, 2023

MU Agronomy Club Sees Success at Students of Agronomy, Soils, and Environmental Sciences (SASES) Annual Meeting

MU Agronomy Club members attended the Students of Agronomy, Soils, and Environmental Sciences (SASES) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, where they competed in a variety of activities and competitions. The club won third place in the student poster competition, with a poster that highlighted the club’s community service project of growing pink pumpkins to raise money for breast cancer awareness. The poster was presented by William Lee, club president and plant sciences senior, and Felicity Guttman, one of the club’s vice presidents and plant sciences junior. A group of MU Agronomy Club members also participated in a crop judging competition.
Lidia Myers smiling.

Nov. 11, 2023

Q&A with first-generation student Lidia Myers

In honor of National First-Generation Student Week, Lidia Myers, senior plant science major from Fredericktown, Missouri, discusses her experience as a first-generation college student.