Stories

fabric in a yellow dye bath

Jan. 31, 2025

CAFNR plant scientist’s curiosity sparks global collaboration for sustainable fashion

Jaime Barros-Rios joins forces with marine biologist, fashion innovator to develop plant-based textile dyes, aiming to improve sustainability, working conditions worldwide.
Nine people line up and post with an award in an office.

Jan. 23, 2025

Foremost Dairy staff honored with Driver to Distinction award

CAFNR Vice Chancellor and Dean Christopher Daubert honored the Foremost Dairy farm staff with the Driver to Distinction award. Daubert acknowledged the significant advancements occurring at the dairy and expressed gratitude to the staff for their commitment and effort in furthering the land-grant mission as implemented through Foremost Dairy.
A collage of photos from the 2024 Agroforestry symposium

Jan. 16, 2025

Center for Agroforestry to host 16th Annual Symposium

The University of Missouri’s Center for Agroforestry is holding its 16th  Agroforestry Symposium: Working Lands for Restoration and Harvest on Jan. 30 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the center for Missouri Studies in Columbia, Mo.
Silhouette of Electrical worker climbs a pole and uses a cable car to maintain a high voltage line system, Shadow of Electrician lineman repairman worker at climbing work on electric post

Jan. 7, 2025

DASS faculty launch fellowship program to grow public utility policy scholars

Division of Applied Social Sciences faculty members Adrienne Ohler and Michael Sykuta are leveraging a $250,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to create a fellowship program to connect early-career energy economics researchers with energy industry partners while fostering more academics in the public utility policy analysis space.
corn

Dec. 11, 2024

Farmers gain financial insights through innovative database, personalized education

For more than a decade, Division of Applied Social Sciences faculty Jon Simonsen and Bruce Fowler have been working to create a robust financial database tool for farmers, while also helping producers hone their own financial skills.

Dec. 10, 2024

Graduate Student Spotlight: Q&A with Jhonathan Ordinola Diaz

What is your research focus?  My research focuses on energy policy and their implications on the population. Currently, I am conducting research on the public perception of nuclear waste in Missouri, learning from the public’s experience, to approximate the concerns that will occur in a future permanent repository, yet to be defined by the Department of Energy, but needed soon. Jhonathan Ordinola Diaz Why does this field interest you?  I grew up in a small town in northern Peru (Pucala), surrounded by huge sugar cane fields owned by a single company. Our water, air and energy sources were closely affected…
A student poses for a photo in the snow in front of the Columns.

Dec. 9, 2024

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Luke Annin

Annin is a senior graduating in December with a degree in biochemistry.

Dec. 6, 2024

Plant Science and Technology professor named American Society of Agronomy 2024 Fellow

Fellow is the highest recognition bestowed by the American Society of Agronomy.
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

Dec. 6, 2024

Plant Science and Technology faculty member receives International Engagement Award -Outstanding Faculty Contribution

David Mendoza-Cozatl, associate professor in the MU Division of Plant Science and Technology, was named recipient of a 2024 MU International Engagement Award by MU International Programs.
Jafar Tanin stands with arms outstretched in front of a field planted with wheat.

Dec. 2, 2024

MU scholar breathes new life into wheat breeding program

With wheat planting on the rise, visiting scholar Jafar Tanin is revitalizing Mizzou’s wheat breeding efforts for Missouri growers.