A round-up of recent news, in case you missed it:
Eight on faculty receive Affinito-Stewart research grants (Cornell Chronicle, August 22 ) – Taryn Bauerle is among the recipients in this program administered by the President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) aims to increase the long-term retention of women on the faculty by supporting the completion of research that is important in the tenure process.
CALS Green energy-cutting contest helps Big Red go green (Cornell Chronicle, August 31) – Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Energy Conservation and Sustainability Initiative, has led to faculty, staff and students in six buildings (including Plant Sciences) to commit to cut more than 1.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and saving almost $140,000 in annual energy costs.
Hite: Virginia Woolf’s lover Sackville-West had profound influence on gardens (Cornell Chronicle, August 31) – Recaps this season’s first Cornell Plantations lecture. View this season’s Plantations Lecture line-up.
Researchers identify how insects resist Bt pesticides (Cornell Chronicle, August 31) – Department of Entomology researchers have identified how cabbage looper caterpillars in the field develop resistance to the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Organic farmers use Bt as a key weapon against insects, and crops genetically engineered with insecticidal Bt genes are now sown on 59 million hectares (more than 145 million acres) worldwide.
Alan Taylor is an invited speaker to talk at the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC) annual conference. His talk, “Challenges in Seed Germination and Dormancy of New Industrial Crops,” will be presented in plenary session on September 12, 2011.