From Steve Reiners, Horticulture Section chair:
It is my pleasure to announce that Miles Schwartz-Sax has been named the 2016 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Horticulture Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science. Miles was the TA for the classes “Creating the Urban Eden” and “Woody Plant ID and Use in the Landscape.” Both classes were taught by his advisor, Nina Bassuk.
Nina praised Miles for his willingness to work one-on-one with students and always willing to give an extra effort. Miles shared his own research with the classes, which so interested the students that several have signed up to do independent research with him.
Miles created dichotomous keys for the class, allowing students to break into small groups to key out plants. This took a great amount of time but will be used by many classes in the future.
Miles received his MPS in Public Garden Management at Cornell in 2014 and is now pursuing his PhD with research focused on the micropropagation of hybrid white Oaks. He will receive the award at a luncheon on Friday, May 13.
Congratulations Miles!
