Plant and soil scientists at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) have been sowing the seeds of sustainability, food security and improved human health for more than a century.
A new initiative will help position the college for the future and create a new face for the plant and soil sciences at Cornell by integrating five departments – Plant Biology, Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Crop and Soil Sciences, and Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology – in one administrative unit.
The School of Integrative Plant Science was launched at a June 6 ceremony on the Ag Quad, attended by representatives of several departments and many alumni who were on campus for Reunion Weekend.
University President David Skorton commended the college for creating a school that will help advance Cornell’s mission of service to the state, nation and world.
“This is a step toward increasing the impact – that is already enormous – of the very high level of expertise that CALS has in this area,” Skorton said. “Through the new school, CALS aims to strengthen its teaching and research and extension work in plant science and to attract more students to the field – students who will be future leaders in these vital areas.”
Read the whole article. [Cornell Chronicle 2014-06-06]
See also: CALS launches the School of Integrative Plant Science [CALS Notes 2014-06-06]