Last Friday, Horticulture Section Senior Extension Associate Lori Brewer joined a one-hour TwitterChat on gardening hosted by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Brewer was part of a panel of experts from participating BHL member and affiliate institutions — including Smithsonian ...
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If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar, Genomics-assisted breeding of triploid hybrids of shrub willow for bioenergy, with Horticulture associate professor Larry Smart, it’s available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture | School of Integrative Plant Science
The annual School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) Chili Cook-Off was an event not to be missed. Students, faculty, and staff from all five Sections packed Emerson 135 Thursday to sample traditional and exotic versions ranging from hot ...
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From Steve Gabriel, Agroforestry Specialist, Cornell Small Farms Program: Camp Mushroom is Cornell University’s annual two-day event for farmers, woodlot owners, and hobby growers who want to cultivate their own shiitake, oyster, lions mane, and stropharia mushrooms. ...
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From Mark Bridgen, Professor and Pi Alpha Xi advisor: Pi Alpha Xi (PAX), the national honor society for horticulture, inducted new members on March 13, 2015. (See photo caption below.) Only the best students in ...
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Reposted from CALS Notes: Forget basketball, gardening madness begins tomorrow at 1 p.m. EDT on our sister Twitter channel, @CornellCALS. For one big hour, Cornell will join event host Biodiversity Heritage Library for a ...
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Cornell has joined a national online education effort designed to help public garden educators transform their natural assets into community resources for scientific knowledge and social change. The first online class ...
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From Marvin Pritts, Horticulture Section chair, in the April 2015 issue of Better Homes and Gardens: Work when pollen counts are low. And watch out for wind, says Pritts, Ph.D. “Dry, windy weather prompts ...
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4th Annual Cornell Plant Breeding Symposium Domestication: The crossroads of cultural and natural diversity Friday, March 20, 2015 ▪ 8:30am-4:45pm ▪ 135 Emerson Hall Free registration for in-person and webinar attendance. Program: Contrasting patterns ...
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Reposted from the Cornell Chronicle’s Essentials blog James L. Reveal, botanist and adjunct faculty member in the School of Integrative Plant Sciences, was internationally known for his work in plant systematics and the ...
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