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bob shares pink and yellow mushrooms with a group of students

Mycology Makes “Magic” at the UMN Summer Health Institute

Bob Blanchette and Megan McCaghey co-instructed a course as part of the School of Public Health 2023 Summer Institute. 


Pablo with stem rust research collaborators at the analysis lab in ethiopia

Building Trust and Fighting Rust

Olivera visits Spain, Ethiopia for research and teaching


Pranaya in lab with caption Pranaya Kaki 2023-24 Hueg Harrison fellowship

Pranaya Kaki awarded 2023-24 Hueg-Harrison Fellowship

Congratulations, Pranaya!


Nick Greatens Pablo Olivera Yue Jin

Nick Greatens passes PhD defense

Congratulations, Nick!


Yeidymar Sierra Moya headshot

Yeidymar Sierra Moya passes MS defense

Congratulations to Yeidymar Sierra Moya, who passed her MS defense on May 25, 2023!


students and staff play softball with the CFANS watertower in the background

2023 End-of-Year Party and Softball


Maroon and gold background with heading "Recent Promotions," photos below of Cory Hirsch, Ashok Chanda and Pablo Olivera

Promotions Spring 2023

Celebrating faculty members Cory Hirsch, Ashok Chanda, and Pablo Olivera Firpo for their recent promotions!

 

 


Juxtaposed images of Nick Rajtar and Andrew Mann with a Chicken of the Woods

Mann, Rajtar win 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

Congratulations to Andrew Mann and Nick Rajtar, both of the Blanchette lab, for being awarded 2023 UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship funding.


Sita Paudel stands outside the Plant Path department

Sita Paudel passes MS defense

Congratulations, Sita! MS student Sita Paudel passed her MS defense on May 4, 2023. 


Rae Page stands in a barley field.

Rae Page Passes PhD Defense

Congratulations, Rae! PhD student Rae Page passed her PhD defense on May 3, 2023.