Natural Resource Science and Management

Soils Judging Team poses for a photo.

Nov. 14, 2025

MU Collegiate Soil Judging places 3rd at regional contest, helps out rival team

Last month, the MU Collegiate Soil Judging Team took home third place at the 2025 Region V Soil Judging Contest in Omaha, advancing to the 2026 National Collegiate Soil Judging contest in Raleigh, North Carolina, this upcoming spring. Mizzou’s team is the largest collegiate soil judging team in the nation, and although 24 Mizzou students competed in the contest, only 21 actually competed for the Tigers.
Mizzou Forward graphic.

May 15, 2025

14 CAFNR students awarded Mizzou Forward Undergraduate Research Training Grants

Fourteen CAFNR students have been awarded Mizzou Foward Undergraduate Research Training Grants. The purpose of these fellowships is to financially support undergraduate students who are serious about pursuing a graduate education in STEM and NSF-funded fields in order to enhance their opportunity to be admitted into the graduate school of their choice.
Hank Stelzer

May 7, 2025

Hank Stelzer receives Donald W. Fancher Provost Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Continuing Education

Hank Stelzer, associate professor of forestry, state extension specialist in forestry and education director of extension natural resources, has been given the Donald W. Fancher Provost Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Continuing Education.
A student poses by a fountain.

April 29, 2025

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Vinny Campo

Campo is a senior graduating in May with a degree in natural resource science and management.
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April 24, 2025

CAFNR students and mentor recognized at Show Me Research Week

Each year, the University of Missouri hosts Show Me Research Week, a celebration of student research and creative activity representing almost every field and discipline on campus.
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Feb. 5, 2025

First woman of Mizzou wildlife

Katheryn Paullus, BS ’47, Mizzou’s pioneering female graduate in conservation, transformed the field with bobwhite quail research that inspired generations.
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Nov. 11, 2024

Q&A with first-generation student Cameron Lor

In honor of National First-Generation Student Week, Cameron Lor, senior natural resource science and management major from Lee's Summit, Missouri, discusses his experience as a first-generation college student.
A student poses for a portrait.

Nov. 11, 2024

Q&A with first-generation student Branden Lor

In honor of National First-Generation Student Week, Branden Lor, senior natural resource science and management major from Lee's Summit, Missouri, discusses his experience as a first-generation college student.
A group of students pose for a photo.

May 13, 2024

CAFNR students win Award for Academic Distinction

This honor was established in 2014 by a group of students to celebrate fellow Tigers who have gone above and beyond expectations. It is one of the highest honors MU offers based on academic distinction alone.

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.