The commencement for the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources was held May 18 in the Hearnes Center. U.S. Senator Roy Blunt was the commencement speaker for the event. The commencement speaker for the MU School of Natural Resources was Roger Still, former Missouri state director of The Nature Conservancy and former Vice President of National Audubon Society. SNR’s ceremony also was held May 18, in Jesse Auditorium.
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Rocking Genetics
MU professor receives award for research in breeding and genetics
Jerry Taylor, University of Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences and Wurdack Chair of Animal Genomics, was chosen to receive the Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the American Society of Animal Science.
Collaboration for Health
Biochemistry team recognized for mercury research
Judy Wall, professor of biochemistry, and members of her research group including Romain Bridou, postdoctoral fellow, and Steven Smith, graduate student, published an article in the March 15, 2013, issue of Science magazine that describes results of collaboration between the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Wall’s laboratory.
Golden Hoops
CAFNR student competes for spot on National Wheelchair Basketball Association Team
Carter Arey, parks, recreation and tourism student at MU, was chosen to compete for a spot on the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Team. He will be traveling to Colorado Springs, Co., May 28-June 2, to try out with 27 other athletes. Eighteen athletes will be chosen to play on the team.
CAFNR or Softball?
Graduates return to the sport they love
Competitive softball has been a big part of the lives of CAFNR employees Melissa Daniels and Kimberly Martin.
Mission: Excellence
MU ag's fifth dean makes the college a top ranked school
When Frederick Blackmar Mumford, fifth dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture, faced an entirely different situation than his predecessors did.


