Seminars & news

The five SIPS sections host regular seminars, attendance of which can be logged online for credit. 

SIPS seminars

View full seminar schedule for all five SIPS sections.

SIPS members receive a weekly email listing SIPS section seminars for the current week, SIPS section seminars for the week following, and other upcoming seminars and events of relevant to plants, soil, climate, and agriculture. Email ml16 [at] cornell.edu (ML16[at]cornell[dot]edu) to be added to the mailing list.

Recordings of many past seminars can be viewed at the SIPS seminar playlist.

Log your attendance

Please use this form to record your attendance at SIPS seminars.

The latest SIPS news

SIPS News Blog: Discovery that Connects

Catch up on the latest SIPS news, including publications, DEI efforts, awards, renovation news and more.

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SIPS-wide listservs

  • AG-SIPS-DG: SIPS wide list auto-generated from Workday. Includes everyone in Workday under the SIPS org. The SIPS Monday News & Events is emailed to this list and to plant-seminar-l
  • plant-seminar-l: an opt-in that includes people wishing to receive the SIPS Monday News & Events email who may not be included on the AG-SIPS-DG list. Contact Magdalen Lindeberg (ml16 [at] cornell.edu (ML16[at]cornell[dot]edu)) to be added
  • plant-postdocs-l: an opt-in list to which all SIPS postdocs are added
  • SIPS-GRADS-l: an opt-in list to which all SIPS grad students are added
  • AG-SIPS-Faculty-DG: contains all SIPS faculty
  • AG-SIPS-Faculty-Plus-DG: contains all SIPS tenured/tenure-track faculty, senior research associates, senior extension associates, senior lecturers, and anyone else involved in teaching

The latest news...

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CROPPS research makes maize bioengineering more accessible
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Turfgrass redefines extension media in the 21st century

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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CROPPS hackathon ushers in new era of plant communication

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
alt="Cornell's nine 2025 Bouchet Scholars with one of the scholar's sons"

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Nine inducted into Bouchet Society

Nine doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell Chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes scholarly achievement and promotes diversity in doctoral education.

  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Melanie Lyons, M.Eng ’22, biomedical engineer at Llume; Roy Cohen, co-founder of TETmedical; and Ricardo Garcia de Alba, CEO of Meiogenix, show the certificates and mugs they received at the April 15 incubator graduation ceremony at Weill Hall.

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Cornell incubators propel startups toward real-world impact

Cornell’s incubator Class of 2025, composed of startups Llume, Meiogenix and TETmedical, is advancing innovations in human performance monitoring, non-GMO plant breeding and neurological critical care.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Agriculture