Plants in the greenhouse complex at Guterman Lab.

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.

Bahiya examines a hemp plant.

Field Note

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Bahiya Zahl: Transforming hemp through breeding
At Cornell AgriTech, graduate students play an important role in innovative plant breeding research. In this interview, we speak with Bahiya Zahl, a Ph.D. student in the lab of professor Larry Smart whose work in hemp genetics and breeding could...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Researchers discussing the development of HelioSkin

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Solar solutions: Bio-inspired approach creates bespoke photovoltaics

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers is developing HelioSkin, an aesthetically appealing solar-collection fabric that is inspired by the biological mechanisms that enable plants to bend toward the sun.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Solar
The Art of Discussion Faculty Panel

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CTI explores “The Art of Teaching” in new series

Teaching is a practice, and a craft. It’s also an art. And the art of teaching is the subject of a new workshop series, which debuts this February at the Center for Teaching Innovation, with “The Art of Discussion.”

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plants
Rows of dormant grapevines

News

Chaotic springs, long summers mean uncertainty for NY grape growers

Warmer autumns and more “false” springs are disrupting the signals grapevines rely on to gain cold hardiness for the winter and blossom effectively in the spring, according to new research from Cornell AgriTech.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Fruits

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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.