Life of Carl F. Gortzig to be celebrated Sept. 23
CALS News : A memorial celebration of the life of Carl F. Gortzig ’52 will be held Sunday, Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center of Cornell Botanic Gardens. ...
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Events
Crusader for environmental golf course management earns Excellence in IPM award
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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Joseph Sieczka, potato specialist, dies at 79
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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Bluegrass Lane Open House August 11
Come and see: Annual and perennial plant trials. Pollinator garden. Grafted tomatoes. Planting media trials. Containers planted by the Botanic Gardens’ amazing gardeners! Staff will be available to answer questions.. Saturday, August 11 9 ...
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‘Cornell AgriTech’ reflects influence in food, ag innovation
Cornell Chronicle, CALS News The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announced Aug. 1 the renaming of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) to Cornell AgriTech. Agriculture and food are multibillion-dollar ...
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Learn the latest at industrial hemp field day August 14 at Cornell AgriTech
Join Cornell researchers and other industrial hemp experts to learn the latest about this emerging crop at an Aug.14 field day at the Cornell AgriTech Fruit and Vegetable Research Farm, 1097 County Road 4, in ...
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Bridgen receives innovative teaching award
Mark Bridgen, horticulture professor and director, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, and Farmingdale State College Assistant Professor Nick Menchyk were named winners of an Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) 2018 Innovative ...
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First New York Soil Health Summit harvests collaboration
Cornell Chronicle, CALS News : New York government policy and nonprofit leaders, researchers, farmers and agricultural professionals from 40 organizations attended the first statewide Soil Health Summit July 18 in Albany, New York. It ...
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Francescatto named a top young researcher
CALS News : Poliana Francescatto has been named one of the nation’s top young researchers in the fruit and vegetable industries by Fruit Growers News. The Cornell research associate was recognized as a next generation ...
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Online organic gardening, garden design courses start September 5
Registration is now open for two online courses offered by the Horticulture Section in Cornell’s School of Integrative Plant Science: Organic Gardening is designed to help new gardeners get started and help experienced gardeners broaden ...
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