Teaching and Learning in the School Garden: Theory into Practice is a new online course that focuses on the foundations and teaching strategies of garden-based learning (GBL), and provides the tools and resources that ...
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Photos courtesy of Jonathan Moore, Public Affairs Consultant Thomas Björkman, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture, traveled to Washington, D.C., May 10 as part of a delegation representing the American Society for Horticultural ...
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Some recent articles of horticulture interest: April showers bring May glowers from N.Y. growers – In this May 3 Cornell Chronicle story, Amanda Garris describes how April’s record-setting, twice-normal rainfall is affecting farmers. Symposium ...
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The May 2011 Dept. of Horticulture Alumni Newsletter is now online. Enjoy!
Historic Minns Garden, located between Plant Science Building and Tower Road, is featured in an article The ‘most colorful spot’ in the May/June issue of Upstate Gardeners’ Journal. Author Michelle Sutton (MS ’00) traces ...
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If you missed the May 4 webinar about brown marmorated stink bugs, it’s now available online. Presented by Laura McDermott, Extension Specialist, Capital District Vegetable and Small Fruit Program. The brown marmorated stink bug ...
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The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) recognized outstanding horticulture undergraduate students in its April 2011 newsletter: Henry Jonathon Henrichs was named one of 19 Outstanding Undergraduate Horticulture Students nationwide. Cornell students also recognized ...
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Congratulations to Alex Paya and Maria Smith for receiving a Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grant and to Bryan Emmett for receiving a Arthur Boller Student Research Grant to support his research. All three ...
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Fourth in a series of profiles celebrating the Class of 2011. Majors: Plant Sciences, Entomology, Biological Statistics and Neurobiology along with a business minor. I also fell one course short of having a Biometry ...
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Senior Extension Associate Tim Martinson (right) is extensively cited in a May 5 article in the New York Times, A Wine to Call Our Own: “Tim Martinson, 56, a grape and wine expert at ...
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