periodiCALS: What I did on my summer vacation
“No more pencils, no more books” may have held true for many CALS students this summer, but that didn’t mean they took a vacation from education. Learn more about their stories of the kind ...
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periodiCALS: What I did on my summer vacation
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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First wine from ‘Aromella’ released
From Bruce Reisch: The world’s first wine from our 2013 release, ‘Aromella’, is now available from Goose Watch Winery on Cayuga Lake. ‘Aromella’ is an aromatic, muscat white wine grape that ranks high for ...
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Toward Sustainability Foundation: 2014 projects
For more than 15 years, CALS has bolstered its sustainability research with a steady stream of gifts from the Toward Sustainability Foundation (TSF), a Massachusetts-based organization founded by an anonymous, eco-minded Cornell alumna. In ...
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Belizean Tropical Plants Extravaganza info session Sept. 15
Do you love chocolate? Are you curious about the world around you? Belizean Tropical Plants Extravaganza Field trip to Belize during January break Class meets weekly for 1st half of spring semester 1 credit ...
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Horticulture seminar series starts September 8
Dr. Henrik Sjöman, Post Doctorate Fellow (Bassuk Lab) will kick off the Horticulture Section seminar series September 8 speaking on the topic of Modern plant hunting for urban plants: new perspectives. Sjöman is also a lecturer ...
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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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Registration now open for online permaculture design course
From Lori Brewer: Registration is now open for the online course Permaculture: Fundamentals of Ecological Design, offered October 6 to November 20, 2014 through the Horticulture section’s distance learning program. Space is limited to ...
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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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New Cornell Extension director sees challenges ahead
In February, Chris Watkins became CCE’s new director, overseeing the extension’s 57 offices across the state. Watkins recently spoke with The Ithaca Journal about his role at CCE, the challenges of coordinating efforts for ...
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