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April 29, 2024

CAFNR students and mentors earn Show Me Research Week awards

Over 500 MU students and postdoctoral fellows presented their research and creative activity during Show Me Research Week, April 8-12. The week celebrates Mizzou students as creators, innovators, problem solvers and thinkers.
Six students pose for a photo.

April 29, 2024

MU Agronomy Club sees success at Students of Agronomy, Soil & Environmental Sciences Spring Meeting

MU Agronomy Club attended the SASES (Students of Agronomy, Soil & Environmental Sciences) Spring Meeting hosted by The Ohio State University April 12-15. The crops judging team placed second overall.

April 29, 2024

Collaborative CAFNR research paper published in American Journal of Botany

“Halophytes and heavy metals: A multi-omics approach to understand the role of gene and genome duplication in the abiotic stress tolerance of Cakile maritima” was published in the American Journal of Botany, a combined effort between CAFNR students and computer sciences students.

April 29, 2024

Three CAFNR students and alumni honored by National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.
Headshots of Abby Tobben and Drew Drummond

April 27, 2024

Agricultural Systems Technology alumni credit precision agriculture curriculum for career success

Abby Tobben (BS, Agricultural Systems Technology ’23) and Drew Drummond (BS, Agricultural Systems Technology ’23) are in the field and directly applying cutting-edge curriculum from their AST degrees.
A man with dark hair, brown eyes, and black-rimmed glasses in a black t-shirt with a Mizzou athletic tiger emblem on it stands in front of a public art sculpture in the bond Life Sciences building. He is smiling and leaning on a railing

April 25, 2024

David Mendoza-Cózatl named Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies

David Mendoza-Cózatl named Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies
Felix Fritschi

April 19, 2024

Felix Fritschi elected President-Elect of Crop Science Society of America

Felix Fritschi elected President-Elect of Crop Science Society of America
Ron Mittler poses in the Life Sciences Building on the Mizzou campus.

April 17, 2024

Ron Mittler receives Mumford Award for Outstanding Faculty at 2024 Celebration of Excellence

Ron Mittler, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Division of Plant Science and Technology, received CAFNR’s 2024 Mumford Award for Outstanding Faculty as part of the Celebration of Excellence Awards ceremony April 16. 
Kelly Nelson portrait in dark suit and red tie

April 17, 2024

Kelly Nelson honored with J.W. Burch Extension Award at Celebration of Excellence

Kelly Nelson, MU Extension agronomist, has received CAFNR's 2024 J.W. Burch State Specialist Agricultural Extension Award as part of the Celebration of Excellence awards ceremony April 16.
Harpreet Kaur

April 17, 2024

Harpreet Kaur recieves Distinguished Dissertation Award at Celebration of Excellence 

Harpreet Kaur has received the William R. Lamberson Distinguished Dissertation award. She completed her Ph.D. in Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences in 2023.  Harpreet Kaur Portions of Kaur’s dissertation, “Drainage Water Management Practices Affect Water Quality, Soil Properties, and Crop Production,” have been submitted to 11 journal publications, and five of those have been published in reputable journals. Additionally, Kaur has presented her research to national and international groups.  In addition to her Ph.D., Kaur completed an M.S. in statistics simultaneously, giving her a deeper understanding of statistical analysis of her findings.   “I have been impressed by her academic achievements…