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hike trail
Experience the beautiful gardens, arboretum, woodland trails, and panoramic views that helped Cornell Botanic Gardens earn its #1 ranking as the most beautiful college arboretum.
  • Plants
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
The Ag Quad with students sitting on it and spelling out CALS

Festival

Join your CALS friends and colleagues for an afternoon of free Cornell Dairy ice cream cups, music and lawn games on the Ag Quad!
rolled crimped cover crop

Field Day

The 2021 Cornell Field Crops annual field day will be held August 12th highlighting the latest field crops research across CALS and providing an opportunity for in-person exchange of ideas and experiences. This year's program offers a wide...
  • Field Crops
  • Musgrave Research Farm
lavender plants

Webinar

Learn about the diverse cultural uses of lavender and the history of lavender cultivation in this special encore presentation of Verdant Views.
  • Plants
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
picture of Robison Herb Garden
The Robison Herb Garden has a rich history, as do the over 500 varieties of herbs featured within its walls. View this lush and lively garden through a biocultural lens on an hour-long tour with student Garden Ambassadors Jakara Zellner and Nola...
  • Plants
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
lavender bushes

Webinar

Learn about the diverse cultural uses of lavender and the history of lavender cultivation in this installment of Verdant Views.
  • Plants
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
Farmers in field with cows

Field Day

Participants will tour the listed fields in the West Groton area before the meeting then bring questions and comments to the meeting at the Scheffler’s farm. Our focus will be on annual forages, small grains, soybeans, and corn, but welcome...
  • Organic
  • Field Crops
  • Dairy
flowers in the Martha Young Garden
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Join us for an in-person visit to the Martha Howell Young Flower Garden. This lush flower garden celebrates significant relationships between people and plants by showcasing key cultural connections and symbolic meanings...
  • Plants
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
small river, bushes, and trees
Experience the beautiful gardens, arboretum, woodland trails, and panoramic views that helped Cornell Botanic Gardens earn its #1 ranking as the most beautiful college arboretum.
  • Plants
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
Beautiful display of perennial plants
Join Brandon George, graduate student in Public Garden Leadership, for an in-depth explanation of perennial plant sociability – the study of groups of plant species that are usually found together.
  • Plants
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
A bird on a flower
**This event is sold out** New events are being scheduled frequently. Check back often and sign up early. Join staff from the Botanic Gardens and the Lab of Ornithology for a combined bird walk and plant walk. We’ll tour the main gardens at the...
  • Birds
  • animals
  • Plants
Natalie Hoidal

Lecture

Join us to hear presented research by graduate students and postdocs. The SAGES symposium was first established by graduate students who recognized a need for Cornell AgriTech to celebrate and share all the incredible work completed by these...
  • Cornell Agritech
  • Cornell AgriTech
bird on a branch
**This event is sold out** New events are being scheduled frequently. Check back often and sign up early. Join staff from Cornell Botanic Gardens and the Lab of Ornithology for a combined bird walk and plant walk. We’ll tour the F.R. Newman...
  • Birds
  • animals
  • Plants

Webinar

This webinar provides an overview of the 30% NYS Initiative: Opportunities, Barriers, and Pathways to Success report, which is an analysis of procurement data from 53 of the 57 school food authorities that qualified for the 30% NYS Initiative during the 2019-20 school year.
  • Farm to School
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
A forest from above

Webinar

Join us for a chance to learn about the current science on forest carbon sequestration, a nature-based way to provide positive solutions to solving our climate crisis. Participants will come away with an overview of New York state forest history...
  • Environment
  • Soil
  • Climate Change

Seminar

Development Sociology field seminar Existing global water and sanitation data obscures challenges to household access in cities in the global South. In response, this work analyzes water and sanitation infrastructure and service access in 15...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development

Workshop

On-Line Lecture Overview: EnoCert 203 now includes modules relating to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and provides winery-specific training regarding the eight key sanitary practices and conditions as outlined in current Good...
  • Food Science
  • Cornell Agritech
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
coppicing

Webinar

Have you ever wondered what it means to coppice a tree or shrub? Beyond being considered a practical technique for controlling growth and encouraging colorful stems for display, coppicing – periodically cutting back a tree or shrub to ground...
  • Plants
Portrait of a man wearing traditional Cayuga headress.

Lecture

Sachem Sam George is one of 10 Sachems (chiefs) for the Cayuga Nation, representing the Bear Clan. He was condoled in April 2005. Having grown up on Seneca Nation territory (Cattaraugus) and having learned Seneca language and customs, Sachem...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Black and white headshots of 13 individuals with the text "13 LEADERS"

Webinar

Join community organizers, educators, and changemakers in an hour-long roundtable conversation. Hear from the people behind 13 Leaders: Stories of Community Building for Systemic Change, a book which includes snapshots of the stories of thirteen...
  • Global Development