A team of Cornell experts is helping the National Park Service aid ailing elms ringing the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “There are hundreds of trees in this iconic landscape that really need help,” ...
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CALS News : Christopher Dunn, executive director of Cornell Botanic Gardens, received the Award of Merit from the American Public Gardens Association June 20 in recognition of his distinguished performance in the field of public horticulture at ...
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From Steve Reiners, Horticulture Section chair: It is my pleasure to officially announce that Horticulture’s Jenny Kao-Kniffin and Thomas Björkman have both been promoted, effective July 1. Jenny will become Associate Professor and Thomas, Full ...
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Reposted from CALS news Big on flavor, aroma and size, Cornell’s newest grape lacks one defining feature: a name. Grape breeder Bruce Reisch ’76 spent years developing the grape, and now he’s offering ...
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If you missed last Friday’s Liberty Hyde Bailey Lecture, From Farm to Fork: How CALS Is Leading the Food Revolution, it’s available online. This year’s line-up included: Kathryn J. Boor, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the ...
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Cornell Chronicle : In the shadow of Barbara McClintock’s historic campus shed, plots of foliage thicken in the university’s Climate Change Demonstration Garden. Located at the Cornell Botanic Gardens, these raised beds provide a ...
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Reposted from CALS News: Fascinating science is being done at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES), and student researchers are eager to share their work. Organized by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, ...
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From Thomas Björkman: June 2 was awards day at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. Among those recognized:
Reposted from CALS News New York greenhouses are increasingly tasked to do two things seemingly at odds with one another: match consumer appetite for increased local vegetable production while dramatically reducing overall energy ...
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