Congratulations James!
We have more good news at Cornell University today because my PhD student, James Keach, is the recipient of the $5,000 Proven Winners Innovations in Plant Breeding Scholarship. James is in the Graduate Field of ...
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Cornell ranked #1 in Plant and Animal Science, #3 in Agriculture
U.S. News and World Report released its rankings of the best university programs on the planet, ranking Cornell #1 in Plant and Animal Science and #3 in Agricultural Sciences. Read more: Best Global Universities ...
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Signs of Fall #1
From Erica Anderson, MPS candidate, Graduate Field of Horticulture: Last week, students in the course, “Berry Crops: Culture and Management” (HORT 4420), taught by Marvin Pritts, visited Grisamore Farms in Locke, N.Y. — one of many ...
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Hestrin wins best poster
The votes have been tallied. Rachel Hestrin, PhD candidate in the Graduate Field of Crop and Soil Sciences (Johannes Lehmann lab) won ‘Best Poster’ at the School of Integrative Plant Science retreat October 14. ...
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Grapes to Wines class visits Long Island
From Justine Vandenheuvel, associate professor, Horticulture Section: The HORT 2205 (Grapes to Wines lab class) went to Long Island the weekend of October 4-5 to learn about the growing grape and wine industry there. We visited ...
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Botanizing in South Africa
From Dreer Award recipient Miles Schwartz-Sax (MPS ’14) who is studying Plant Conservation in South Africa: Hope you are doing well and that the semester has started off smoothly. So far South Africa has ...
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Dreer Award offers opportunities to pursue interests abroad
From Nina Bassuk: The Horticulture Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science offers a wonderful opportunity once a year, the Frederick Dreer Award, that allows one or more students to spend 4 months to ...
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Kao-Kniffin Lab featured in Landscape and Irrigation
Via Michelle Sutton (MS Horticullture ’00), Editor, Taking Root, the blog of the New York State Urban Forestry Council: Jenny Kao-Kniffin’s lab is featured in the September 2014 issue of the trade journal Landscape ...
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Apple machine moves to Mann Library lobby
The apple machine is back for the season, but has a new home: Just inside the entrance to Mann Library. Members of the Society of Horticulture for Graduate Students (SoHo) hope that the new ...
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Fall 2014 Graduate Field Review
Faculty, graduate students and others in the Graduate Field of Horticulture gathered August 22 in Jordan Hall at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station for the biannual Graduate Field Review. In the ...
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