Congratulations to all the winners of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences’ 2021 Faculty and Staff Awards. The annual awards ceremony honoring awardees with excellence in research, teaching or service took place May 5. These winners received nominations from departmental personnel committees, department heads or students. The event represented the 10th year in a … [Read more...] about Congratulations to the 2021 CNAS Faculty and Staff Award winners
Advancing STEM research requires building connections between contributors. The 2021 Missouri Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (MOLSAMP) Undergraduate Research Symposium, which took place April 9-11, allowed participating STEM scholars to present their research and extend their networks. Eight students from the Missouri State University MoLSAMP … [Read more...] about Supporting research among underrepresented STEM scholars
Diversity helps populations thrive. This is true of the people and plants involved in natural resource management. The Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust (CFMCT) established the Minority Natural Resource Scholarship to encourage and assist minority students in the field. Vanessa Morales, biology senior at Missouri State University, is the 2021 … [Read more...] about Supporting diversity and management of natural resources
Learning is key to success, even for bees. Bees’ capacity to learn could be influenced by internal factors, including their gut health. Biology graduate student Parker Campbell studies how gut health relates to bee behavior and survival. She recently received a grant from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) to aid in her research … [Read more...] about Linking bees’ health and behavior
The College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS) hosted the 2020 CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium Nov. 12-16. We are grateful to all who took part in the event and would like to offer special recognition to all who won awards at the symposium. About the award winners Award winners at the symposium include: Biology: … [Read more...] about Congratulations to the 2020 CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium award winners