In the news
Botanist William Dress dies at age 93 – William J. Dress, Ph.D. ’53, professor emeritus of botany at the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium at Cornell, author of 10 plant books and ...
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Alumni
Fall/Winter 2011 Alumni Newsletter
The Fall/Winter 2011 Department of Horticulture Alumni Newsletter is available online.
Garden-based learning lessons put to work in Africa
Less than a year ago, Lindsay Myron ’11 (Plant Sciences, Natural Resources) got her first taste of garden-based learning along with other students in HORT/IARD 3200 (Experiential Garden-Based Learning in Belize). Today, she’s putting ...
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Beaman ‘11 finalist in Wine Spectator competition
Via Kari Richards from the Viticulture and Enology Major News blog: May graduate Whitney Beaman won finalist recognition and two free tickets for Wine Spectator’s grand tastings for her video The Gentleman and the ...
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News roundup
Ian Merwin is profiled in the October 4 Cornell Daily Sun: Prof. Merwin ’90: Horticulturalist, Local Farmer, Avocado Expert. Nina Bassuk explains fall colors on North Country Public Radio: Fall leaves reaching their peak ...
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May 2011 Alumni Newsletter
The May 2011 Dept. of Horticulture Alumni Newsletter is now online. Enjoy!
Minns Garden featured in Upstate Gardeners’ Journal
Historic Minns Garden, located between Plant Science Building and Tower Road, is featured in an article The ‘most colorful spot’ in the May/June issue of Upstate Gardeners’ Journal. Author Michelle Sutton (MS ’00) traces ...
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Memorial service May 14 for Ernie Schaufler (1923-2011)
From the Cornell Chronicle, April 28, 2011: Ernest Frederich Schaufler, professor emeritus of horticulture at Cornell, died April 26 at the Cayuga Medical Center. He was 87. Born Dec. 29, 1923, in Brockton N.Y., ...
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Hort alum is NOFA-NY president
In January, Jamie Edelstein CALS ’97 assumed the office of president of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY), an organization of consumers, gardeners, and farmers that has been working to create ...
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Dreer Award winner featured in N.Z. press
Dreer Award winner Erin Marteal (’10 MPS Public Garden Leadership), in New Zeland investigating the use of permaculture in public gardens, is featured in the article Teacher studies unique plot in the Nov. 10 ...
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