Bailey Hortorium Herbarium stems from Cornell's roots
The fourth floor of Mann Library on campus houses the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Herbarium, a collection of more than a million dried and preserved plant specimens that date back to Cornell's...
View ArticleEames-Sheavly’s botanical art classes teach how to 'see'
Marcia Eames-Sheavly ’83, a senior lecturer and senior extension associate in the Horticulture Section, shares her passion for botanical illustration. A show of her work opened May 4 at Cornell...
View ArticleOne of the Best Fields for New College Graduates? Agriculture.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report showing tremendous demand for recent college graduates with a degree in agricultural programs with an estimated 57,900 high-skilled job...
View ArticleCongratulations graduating Plant Sciences Majors
On Monday, May 18, the School of Integrative Plant Science held its annual luncheon to honor graduating seniors in Plant Sciences and recipients of two awards given out through the Horticulture...
View ArticleProduction of broccoli on East Coast proves viable
A Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics study shows new regional production of broccoli in the Eastern United States is economically viable, with no negative impact on consumers prices.
View Article35 seniors honored as 2015 Merrill Scholars
Merrill Scholars' high school teachers and Cornell faculty members were recognized by President David Skorton and the college deans at a luncheon and ceremony at Willard Straight Hall May 20.
View ArticleGraduating students soak up final hours at Cornell
Under brilliant blue sky peppered with wispy clouds and comfortable temperatures, Cornell University graduated its 147th class May 24, sending about 6,000 accomplished women and men into the future.
View ArticleLeap of faith proves pollination can be honeybee free
Researchers and farm managers at Cornell orchards decided to let wild bees, rather than honeybees, pollinate Cornell's apples this year - a gamble that seems to have paid off.
View ArticlePesticides harm wild bees, pollination in N.Y. orchard crops
A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides cause harm to wild bees, and fungicides labeled safe for bees may indirectly also threaten native pollinators.
View ArticleFree app helps diagnose leaf-or-death situations
Leaf Doctor analyzes a photograph of a damaged leaf and quantifies the percentage and severity of disease, an important measure for researchers and extension agents in the field.
View ArticlePlant experts discuss new seeds and old seed catalogs
At Mann Library's Harvesting Heritage event June 5, researchers and home gardeners learned about efforts to preserve ancient traits in the tomato and Cornell's collection of historical seed.
View Article$10M grant aims to save citrus from greening disease
A diverse group of researchers received a five-year, $10 million United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant to find a solution to citrus greening disease.
View ArticleRoyall Moore's passion for fungi funds students
Former post-doctoral researcher Royall Tyler Moore bequeathed nearly $500,000 to Cornell, which will be administered by the School of Integrated Plant Science in the College of Agriculture and Life...
View Article'Pollination' debuts at animal behavior film festival
Cornell’s latest Naturalist Outreach film, Pollination: Trading Fertilization for Food, made its national debut at the 2015 Animal Behavior Society Film Festival on June 12 in Anchorage, Alaska.
View ArticleProgram to forgive loans for graduates who work in farming
The Young Farmers Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program will loan forgiveness awards for students who earn an agricultural degree from a SUNY college or university (including CALS) and work in New York...
View ArticleCornell team readies for national 'Weed Olympics' July 21
Cornell will send 11 students for two days of agronomic combat at the 2015 National Collegiate Weed competition at South Charleston, Ohio, July 21-22.
View ArticleCornell, Ithaca College offer agricultural education master’s
A new Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program in agriculture, offered by Cornell in collaboration with Ithaca College, will help meet the growing need for qualified agriculture educators.
View ArticleGarden offers living library of weeds, poisonous plants
The Cornell Weed Science Teaching Garden gives students and the public a chance to recognize species that might harm people or animals, and reduce crop yields.
View ArticleNSF grant allows digitization of Cornell microfungi collection
A Cornell collection of tiny fungi – with specimens dating to the 1800s – will enter the modern age and go digital, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant.
View ArticleWhat I Did on My Summer Vacation
Summer takes many CALS students out of the classroom and into the world, where a different kind of learning awaits. This special online only issue of PeriodiCALS tells their stories, many focused on...
View ArticleDilmun Hill Student Farm offers CSA shares, stresses sustainability
Dilmun Hill grows about every vegetable you can think of, using organic practices. New this year is Dilmun’s involvement with community-supported agriculture (CSA).
View ArticleStudents find calm, comfort at Ag Quad 'farm'
During Ag Day, a biannual event hosted by the Cornell chapter of the co-ed fraternity Alpha Zeta, the Ag Quad was transformed into a farm with animals and tractor activities to expose students to farming.
View ArticleCornell Plant Biology alumna is NASA's planetary protection officer
Catharine Conley, PhD Cornell Plant Biology 1994, protects other planets from Earth organisms. "'If we’re going to look for life on Mars, it would be really kind of lame to bring Earth life and find...
View ArticleMcLoughlin awarded LIFGA scholarship
Patrick McLoughlin ’16 was one of 17 students nationwide awarded scholarships from the American Floral Endowment.
View ArticleAfter six years, Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory reopens
The rebuilt Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Greenhouse reopens Feb. 9 with modern equipment designed for increased energy savings and improved plant growth. It houses more than 500 species.
View ArticleStudents explore strategies for community engagement
A new course, PLSCI3940 Skills for Public Engagement, provides students with skills to communicate their knowledge and enthusiasm to diverse community partners and introduces them to a network of...
View ArticleReminder: Dilmun Hill’s 20th Anniversary Celebration Saturday
Join us on the Farm to help celebrate Dilmun Hill Cornell Student Organic Farm’s 20th year in existence! Activities, demonstrations, farm tours, food, drinks, live music & more!
View ArticleNew Plant Sciences majors tour local natural areas
Twenty three new Plant Sciences majors hit the trifecta Saturday, exploring the gorge trails at three local state parks — Buttermilk Falls, Robert H. Treman, and Taughannock Falls — led by Director of...
View ArticleNew course teaches cutting-edge food production
To better prepare Cornell students to thrive in the growing hydroponic industry, associate professor Neil Mattson initiated a course last fall, Hydroponic Food Crop Production and Management, to teach...
View ArticleSeminar video: Chilean Plant Biodiversity
If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar Chilean Plant Biodiversity with Mark Bridgen, professor, Horticulture Section, and undergraduate and graduate students from PLHRT 4950 (Plant...
View ArticleHorticulture honor society inducts 29 new members
This set a record for the number of inductees in a single year since the chapter was revived at Cornell in 2013. Only the best students in the plant sciences are invited to join this national honor...
View ArticleOrganizing committee lays groundwork for the 2017 SIPS BioBlitz
Have you ever wanted to inventory molluscs in the lakeside woods? Document the plants? Count all the fungi? Record all the birds? Identify the soil bacteria? If so, then mark your calendars for the...
View ArticleBauerle Lab’s Schieder awarded DAAD-RISE internship
Tommi Schieder ’19 will be traveling to the Technical University of Munich to research tree hydraulic redistribution, the passive movement of water that helps trees survive drought stress.
View ArticleGlynos receives ‘Young Botanist’ award
Plant Sciences major Nicolas Glynos ’17 has received a Young Botanist Award by the Botanical Society of America. The award recognizes outstanding graduating seniors in the plant sciences nationwide.
View ArticleTom Owens, Pioneer of 'Flipped Classroom' Teaching Style, Wins Career Award
Tom Owens, in the SIPS Section fo Plant Biology, received the 2017 Louis and Edith Edgerton Career Teaching Award from Dean Kathryn J. Boor during the Dean’s Awards Dinner.
View ArticleCornell students shine at weed competition
Cornell students did a great job at this year’s Northeastern Collegiate Weed Science Contest held on July 25 at the ACDS Research facility, North Rose, N.Y.
View ArticleLeadership Minor to Make Major Impact
The new leadership minor from Cornell CALS is aimed at developing skills in community engagement, service learning and leadership.
View ArticlePlant Sciences Majors showcase ePortfolios
Students majoring in Plant Sciences and enrolled in PLSCI 1110 presented their ePortfolios on November 16 at an afternoon open house in 404 Plant Science. PLSCI 1110 “Collaboration, Leadership, and...
View ArticleDiTommaso talks with Bayer about making a meaningful life through agriculture
Why should young people study agriculture? For Antonio DiTommaso, in the SIPS Soil and Crop Sciences Section, the answer comes from a small farm in Southern Italy where he spent his childhood.
View ArticleCornell artists win global soil painting competition
Plant Sciences major Patty Chan '18 was one of the contributing artists to a soil painting created by Cornellians that won first prize in the university category of a global soil painting competition.
View ArticleSpecht and Niklas advocate for plant morphology and systematics
In The Lost Art of looking at Plants, a news feature in the journal Nature, Chelsea Specht and Karl Niklas in the SIPS Plant Biology Section speak to the importance of plant morphology and systematics...
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