Cornell trustee emeritus Bernard Potter died May 25 at age 86, leaving a legacy of service to Cornell and New York agriculture and a wide array of mostly Cornell-affiliated friends and relatives. (May 29, 2008)
When bugs threaten a shrub or tree, consumers now can turn to the Interactive Plant Manager, a new Web site where you can search by bug, plant or type of damage and learn how to manage the problem. (May 27, 2008)
The research associate in Cornell's Department of Horticultural Sciences at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., was recognized for 'major contributions in research and education.' (May 23, 2008)
TranquiliTea, a student-developed tea with health and beauty characteristics, is vying for the national title in the Student Food Product Development competition, June 28-July 1 in New Orleans. (May 21, 2008)
Each spring semester, 36 scholars, representing approximately 1 percent of the graduating class, are named to receive this honor by the deans of each of the seven undergraduate colleges.
Artisan Durand Van Doren has spent the last six months shaping steel into daisies, daffodils, roots and rhizomes for a landmark gate in Cornell's Lua A. Minns Garden. (May 19, 2008)
The turf artwork, created by art of horticulture students over the past several weeks, covers more than an acre at Cornell's Bluegrass Lane Landscape Horticulture Field Research Facility. (May 16, 2008)
The Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology has hired four outstanding young researchers, according to the institute's director, Scott Emr. They are: Chris Fromme, Yuxin Mao, Marcus Smolka and Fenghua Hu. (May 15, 2008)
Students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences can now major in viticulture and enology -- grape growing and winemaking -- in the fall. (May 14, 2008)
