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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture
After graduating with a degree in botany in 1890, Jane Eleanor Datcher taught chemistry at the first – and best – public high school in the U.S. for Black youth and helped organize regional and national networks for Black women.

After graduating with a degree in botany in 1890, Jane Eleanor Datcher taught chemistry at the first – and best – public high school in the U.S. for Black youth and helped organize regional and national networks for Black women.

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Grower Humberto Hernandez evaluating a seed production field of Ursa Alta for Condor Seed on his farm in Yuma, Arizona.

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Ursa Alta will supply material for multiple product streams, including textiles such as denim, animal bedding and wall insulation.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Mariel Pfeifer landscape

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Academic focus: Biology education research/discipline-based science education research Research summary: My lab is called the EQUIP lab, and we study how STEM environments can better support all students and faculty. A major focus of our work is...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture