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.

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News

Aldwinckle, Wiesner elected to National Academy of Inventors
Aldwinckle, a professor emeritus of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), and Wiesner, the Spencer T. Olin Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and professor...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

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Recycling human, animal excreta could help meet nutrient supply for crops

A global analysis by Cornell researchers found that recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would contribute substantially to meeting the nutrient supply for all crops worldwide, thereby dramatically reducing the...

  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Food Science
  • Nutritional Sciences
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News

$1.6M supports land-grant research for NY farms, forests, communities

Fifty-four research projects addressing New York’s agriculture, environment and communities have collectively received $1.6 million from the USDA.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jamey Tielens, left, and Ben Brotman consult on a recent brewing day at Liquid State Brewing Company. Brotman says the state’s brewers organizations “keep brewers in touch with other breweries and build a sense of camaraderie.” Photo by Jason Koski.

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As US craft beer industry goes flat, NYS bubbles with optimism

In 2023, craft beer production in the U.S. declined by 1%, which is the worst on record since the Brewers Association began tracking the industry in the late 1970s. New York fared better.

  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science

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.