Two faculty in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences were presented with awards at the 2014 Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS) annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA. CSS Associate Professor Toni DiTommaso, the award chair, was the award presenter. Russ Hahn (below left) received the NEWSS ‘Award of Merit’. The Award of merit recognizes career…Continue Reading Two CSS faculty receive awards at the 2014 NEWSS annual meeting
Sheena Gayomba receives the Barbara McClintock Award
Congratulations to CSS graduate student, Sheena Gayomba, who was presented with the Barbara McClintock Award! This annual award was established by the McClintock family in 1992 to honor outstanding senior graduate students studying in the Plant Sciences (Plant Biology, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology, Plant Breeding, Horticulture or Crop and Soil Sciences) at Cornell University….Continue Reading Sheena Gayomba receives the Barbara McClintock Award
The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences presented annual awards for 2013
The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences congratulates the winners of this year’s MacDonald and Musgrave Awards. (left) Tim Setter, Chair; Kelly Hanley – MacDonald Award; Ann Bybee-Finley – MacDonald Musgrave Graduate Student Award; Linda D’Amato – Musgrave Award …Continue Reading The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences presented annual awards for 2013
Bianca Moebius-Clune wins the Soil and Water Management and Conservation Young Scientist award
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) presented the Soil and Water Management and Conservation Young Scholar Award to Bianca Moebius-Clune at the national meetings in Tampa Bay Florida in November, 2013. Dr. Moebius-Clune is an Extension Associate in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Cornell University. She was recognized for her strong…Continue Reading Bianca Moebius-Clune wins the Soil and Water Management and Conservation Young Scientist award
Weeds! Harbingers of Climate Change – featuring Professor Toni DeTommaso
Weeds, those unwanted, unloved and annoying invasive plants that farmers and gardeners hate amid their plantings, are expanding to northern latitudes, thanks to rising temperatures. “Weeds are the wild relatives of many of our crops,” says Antonio DiTommaso, a weed ecologist and Cornell associate professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. “Weeds will…Continue Reading Weeds! Harbingers of Climate Change – featuring Professor Toni DeTommaso