Lighting the way for future urban farming

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Cornell CALS is leading a project to study ways to grow crops in controlled environments – in greenhouses, plant factories and in vertical farms in and near urban areas.
CEA greenhouse that has pink lights

Plant pathologist Roy L. Millar dies at 93

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Millar began his career as a plant scientist with the Canadian Department of Agriculture, returning to Cornell in 1959, where he served as a faculty member in the Department of Plant Pathology.

Sheehan named NIH New Innovator

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Sheehan and two other Cornell professors are among 55 winners of the prestigious award given to support high-risk ideas with high-impact potential.
Michael Sheehan on Cornell's Campus

Art intervenes at Minns Garden

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More than 70 students majoring in environmental and sustainability sciences turned Minns Garden into an ephemeral art gallery under the leadership of Philadelphia-based artist Marion Wilson.
students in Minns Garden with guide

Branching out to chat cider

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In between music acts at the 35th Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival, four scientists explained the core of making apples to the Ithaca Commons Pavilion crowd Oct. 1.

Art intervenes in Minns Garden

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More than 70 Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS) majors turned Minns Garden into an ephemeral art gallery Sept. 29, celebrating the biodiversity of the site.

New CALS minor focuses on leadership

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The leadership minor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences addresses key skills aimed at helping students excel professionally and in their personal life by enhancing their abilities to understand their own strengths, collaborate with others and build a team, and act as positive role models.
students sit around a sign that says "habitat trail"