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SIPS Degrees & Programs

Gain critical skills to advance your knowledge and address local and global challenges.

Degree programs

The School of Integrative Plant Science is the largest academic unit in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Faculty and staff in the school's five sections support two undergraduate majors, 12 MPS concentrations and five graduate fields.

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Continuing education

Our school is committed to lifelong learning, offering a wide range of programming and skill building for children and adults alike. See featured education programs to take advantage of these opportunities, including online courses and seminar, garden tours and more.

News from the School of Integrative Plant Science

Learn about the many ways we are addressing some of the world's most urgent challenges.

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News

Weed scientist Russell Hahn dies at 81
Russell R. Hahn, a leader among weed scientists and fondly known as the “weed warrior” across upstate New York, died Dec. 2, 2024, in Sayre, Pennsylvania. He was 81. Born Sept. 19, 1943, in Sutherland, Nebraska, Hahn grew up on the family farm...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Plants
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Cornell’s Ignite Innovation Acceleration program supports inventors, early-stage innovations

Six Cornell inventors developing projects in robotics, advanced materials, agriculture, biotechnology, AI for medical education and veterinary medicine have been selected for the spring 2025 cycle of the Ignite Innovation Acceleration program.

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Robotics technician Cole Regnier works on an autonomous robot designed to detect disease on grapevines on the Cornell AgriTech campus in Geneva, New York.

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Robot matches humans in scouting for vineyard diseases

The development of the robot is critical as managing such diseases as powdery and downy mildews in vineyards is the top concern for grape growers and viticulturists.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Solar panels offer new revenue stream for grape farmers
Cornell researchers have identified a promising way to increase revenue for Concord grape farmers in western New York and provide clean energy for the region. In a new study published September 1, 2025, in Applied Energy, they analyzed the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture

Land Acknowledgment

Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.

This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ leadership. Learn more from the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program website.