Cornell to make green mark on 2016 Olympics [Cornell Chronicle 3/12/2012] – When golf makes its return to the Olympics in 2016, Cornell alumnus Gil Hanse and horticulture professor Frank Rossi (right) will have their green thumbprints all over the specially designed Rio de Janeiro course.
Rare ‘corpse plant’ preparing to bloom on campus [Cornell Chronicle 3/13/2012] – The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) has a bloom that has been recorded only 140 times in cultivation. The one about to bloom in Ken Post Lab greenhouses will make it 141. “It isn’t a common occurrence,” said Melissa Luckow, associate professor of plant biology, who brought the seeds to Cornell in 2002. “It’s really an event.”
Farmers Wait To See Mild Winter’s Effect On Crops [Jamestown Post-Journal 2/13/2012] – “People shouldn’t be worried about the cold weather. They should be worried about the warm weather. Fifty degrees is the magic number. If temperatures get above 50, it could cause significant damage,” says Ian Merwin, in a story about how the mild winter could affect crops. According to Merwin, fruit crops can withstand the cold, but not after a week or more of warm weather.