Maria Gannett, Horticulture graduate student in Jenny Kao-Kniffin’s lab, won the student oral presentation competition from the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS), at the (virtual) Northeastern Plant, Pest, and Soils Conference (NEPPSC), January 4-7, ...
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Pi Alpha Xi (PAX), the national honor society for horticulture and plant sciences, inducted 22 new members during an October 29, 2020 online ceremony. “We were scheduled to do our annual induction ceremony last ...
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I Anne Kearney Logan, Horticulture PhD Candidate specializing in Viticulture & Enology, has been selected to join the 2020-21 cohort of NextGen Professors, part of an exemplary group of 35 Cornell doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars ...
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From Yen-Hua Chen at Cornell’s Society of Horticulture for Graduate Students (SoHo): This year, SoHo is unable to take part in Apple Fest to sell apples and raise money to support our activities due ...
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Yen Hua, Horticulture graduate student in Bill Miller’s lab, was featured by the American Society of Horticultural Science in the Society’s Graduate Student Spotlight. Yen’s research focuses on xylem microbiology to extend cut flower ...
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Associate professor Don Rakow was recognized for his innovative research with a 2020 SHIFT (Shaping How we Invest For Tomorrow) Award by the nonprofit Center for Jackson Hole. The SHIFT Awards recognize individuals, initiatives, or organizations that make innovative, impactful ...
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Cornell University announces the availability of the Cornell Assistantship for Horticulture in Africa (CAHA), a doctoral position for a student from sub-Saharan Africa studying in the field of horticulture. The doctoral assistantship is available ...
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To wrap up the semester, two MPS students in Cornell’s Public Garden Leadership Program led virtual educational programs engaging local audiences. Kim Ellis led a workshop on Growing Winter Vegetables with your Classes for ...
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Shanthanu Krishna Kumar, a Ph.D. student in Greg Peck‘s lab, received a 2020 Sustainable Biodiversity Fund award from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. Shanthanu’s research goals involve enhancing biodiversity in cider apple production by increasing the concentration ...
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If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar, Deconstructing broccoli: complex traits are illuminated by an immortal mapping population, with Zachary Stansell, Horticulture Section, it is available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture | School ...
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