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  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Jake Zajkowski/Provided Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, leads Long Island golf course superintendents on a walk and talk event at Bethpage, just weeks before the 2025 Ryder Cup.

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A 25-year partnership between Cornell researchers and New York State Parks culminates at the 2025 Ryder Cup, the most sustainable professional golf tournament to date.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Horticulture
graphic illustrating evolution of media from fax and vhs to email to smart phone

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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
turf team in the field

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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Small bags of 'leaf litter' lay on the ground

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Researchers found that less-intense management of turfgrass results in greater abundance and diversity of soil-dwelling organisms.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
alumni panel at table

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First-year Agricultural Sciences majors capped off their first semester at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at last month’s annual alumni gathering. The gathering helps build community among Agricultural Sciences alumni...
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Senior graduates of the Class of 2024

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  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
A local restaurant chef gives current students a tour behind the scenes of his kitchen.

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The course, Just Food: Exploring the Modern Food System, benefits from an interdisciplinary pair of instructors: Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor in the Department of Global Development, and Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture in the...
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Two people on a golf course

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Frank Rossi, associate professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, was recognized for his exceptional environmental contribution to the game of golf.
A man wearing a hat uses a piece of John Deer farm equipment in an open field

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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 When some of the world’s best golfers teed off in the 72-hole Olympic competition, they were navigating fairways and greens imagined and designed by a pair of Cornellians. Gil Hanse, MLA ’89, bested a field of...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section

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Want to save money, energy, and the environment? Start with your lawn, advises Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture and Cornell’s resident turfgrass guru. “The shorter you mow your lawn, the more work it takes to keep it looking good...