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SIPS Program Review scheduled for April 8 – 10

-Magdalen Lindeberg

The School of Integrative Plant Science will be hosting a program review in April, and all SIPS faculty, staff, and students urged to participate. Requested by the Cornell Provost, the goal of the review is to solicit input from respected peers about the health and direction of the School. Reviewers are charged with reviewing the progress made in implementing  our founding vision, the extent to which we are addressing needs and opportunities, and the quality of the training we provide to our students, among other questions.

External review team:

  • Julia Bailey-Serres, Director of the Center for Plant Cell Biology and Distinguished Professor of Genetics, UC-Riverside
  • Charlie Brummer, Director and Professor, Center for Plant Breeding, Plant Sciences Department, UC-Davis.
  • Irwin Goldman, Professor and Chair, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin
  • Cindy Nakatsu, Professor of Agronomy, Purdue University
  • Alison Robertson, Professor and Extension Field Pathologist, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

In addition to meetings with SIPS and CALS leadership, extension leaders, DGSs and others, there will be several opportunities for SIPS faculty, staff, and students to meet with the review team.  You are urged to put these times on your calendars and attend it at all possible!

Lunch with Ithaca-based grad students and undergraduates
Monday, April 8, 12:00 – 12:50 pm, Bradfield G04 and Plant Science G22
(review team will divide into two groups)

Meeting with Ithaca-based SIPS faculty
Monday, April 8, 3:35 – 4:30 pm, 135 Emerson

Meeting with Geneva-based SIPS faculty
Tuesday, April 9, 10:15 – 11:15 am, in Geneva

Meeting with Geneva-based SIPS staff
Tuesday, April 9, 11:15 – 11:45 am, in Geneva

Lunch with Geneva-based SIPS students and post-docs
Tuesday, April 9, 12:15 – 1:15 pm, in Geneva

Meeting with Ithaca-based SIPS post-docs
Tuesday, April 9, 3:15 – 3:45 pm, 336 Plant Science

Meeting with Ithaca-based SIPS faculty those unable to attend the Monday meeting
Tuesday, April 9, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, 404 Plant Science

Meeting with Ithaca-based SIPS staff
Wednesday, April 10, 10:30 – 11:00 pm, 133 Plant Science

Exit Meeting with Review Teamall interested SIPS personnel welcome
Wednesday, April 10, 1:15 – 1:45 pm, 135 Emerson

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