Cornell Chronicle and CALS News Bailee Hopkins-Hensley ’18, MPS ’19, is passionate about exploring the connections that humans have to plants – especially the connections that indigenous communities have to the species that ...
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Connecticut College News : Connecticut College has named Miles Schwartz Sax as the new Charles and Sarah P. Becker ’27 Arboretum Director, effective Aug. 1, 2019. Sax received a master’s degree in public garden ...
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Two alumni from the Graduate Field of Horticulture were named to Greenhouse Produce New’s 2019 Forty under 40. Cheni Filios (M.S. ’14) is now Global Product Manager for Vegetables at PanAmerican Seed Co. Since ...
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Michael Dosmann (PhD Horticulture ’07) has been named the 2019 recipient of the David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG). “This is a very prestigious recognition,” says Nina ...
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Cornell Chronicle With a background in fine arts and experience working in museums and galleries, Emily Detrick, M.P.S. ’16, has always been interested in curation – the documentation and care of collections. Now ...
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Bob Portmess was a mechanical engineer and former executive with Cox Communications who just happened to be an avid golfer. That last item is key. Twelve years ago, Portmess walked into turf guru Frank ...
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Cornell Chronicle : Joseph Sieczka, professor emeritus of horticulture, an expert on potatoes, died July 29 at his home in Mattituck, New York. He was 79. He also worked as a Cooperative Extension agent ...
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By Krishna Ramanujan Cornell Chronicle : Carl Gortzig ’52, professor emeritus and chair of the former Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, died June 2 at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home in Ithaca. He was ...
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Cornell Chronicle, CALS News Cornell plant breeder Michael Mazourek, Ph.D. ’08, noted chef Dan Barber and seed producer Matthew Goldfarb have launched a new vegetable seed company and catalog. The freshly minted Row ...
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Associate professor and turfgrass specialist Frank Rossi has been an intellectual force behind some of the most environmentally conscious concepts embraced by the golf industry. A profile in GCM Magazine celebrating Rossi’s selection as ...
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