Three articles of interest from the Cornell Chronicle yesterday:
- CALS helps Big Red go green with a building competition – On Campus Sustainability Day, Oct. 20, CALS will launch CALS Green, an energy conservation and sustainability initiative to promote environmentally conscientious behavior among students, faculty and staff. The college hopes to reduce its energy consumption by 2-5 percent, through lots of little changes and a bit of friendly competition. The one-year pilot program includes six buildings: Comstock, Bradfield, Morrison and Wing halls, as well as the Plant Science Building and Geneva’s Barton Lab.
- Hudler and O’Brien promote green practices for plants – Plant pathologist George Hudler and extension plant pathologist Dawn Dailey O’Brien receive an Excellence in IPM Award from the New York State IPM Program.
- Four CALS departments merge with Geneva departments – Report on last summer’s mergers.