From Climate Change Is Already Here, Says Massive Government Report, Huff Post Politics, May 6, 2014 “Climate change is no longer a distant threat, but a real and present danger in the United States, according ...
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From Marvin Pritts, Department of Horticulture chair: On Sunday May 4, a group of 16 intrepid horticulture hikers and friends headed off to explore Lick Brook, south of Ithaca. The hiking was excellent, the ...
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The Spring 2014 issue of periodiCALS features several articles of horticultural interest. Among them: Page 4: Watkins Takes Helm of CCE and Plantations Says Aloha to New Director Dunn. Page 7: Michael Mazourek’s ‘Silver Slicer’ ...
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From Kristina Engel-Ross, Sales Manager, Cornell Orchards: Cornell Orchards is closing for the season. Our last day is May 10 until we reopen for early fruit harvest in August. But we still have cider ...
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From Mark Bridgen, Professor and Pi Alpha Xi advisor: Pi Alpha Xi (PAX), the national honor society for horticulture, inducted new members on April 23, 2014. Only the best students in the plant sciences ...
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From Marcia Eames-Sheavly: Students who are enrolled in the new horticulture minor with a focus in the botanical arts will show their art work – the result of an intensive semester immersed in numerous ...
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From Thomas Björkman: Don Rakow and Rajeev Arora (left), Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University, evaluate variation in cold injury among the Rhododendron species on Comstock Knoll in Cornell Plantations. Arora, an expert on ...
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When Justin Kondrat ’14 transferred to Cornell from SUNY Morrisville, it didn’t take long for him to feel rooted. Among the ivy, he found fertile ground to thrive and grow, through an anchoring network ...
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From Lori Brewer, Senior Extension Associate, Department of Horticulture: If you missed the Spring 2014 Sustainable Landscapes webinars, they are available online: Urban Horticulture: Woody Shrubs for Stormwater Retention – Dr. Bassuk State of ...
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Reposted from Station News: Terry Bates, director of the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory (CLEREL) and a senior research associate in horticulture, has been granted the first American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) ...
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