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.

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Second floor landing in the newly renovated Plant Science Building

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

Scheldorf Promotes Diverse Orchards
Andrew Scheldorf is challenging long-held beliefs about wild apples—and advocating for a more inclusive scientific community.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Horticulture
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Kao-Kniffin Lab Explores Ecosystems of Plant Roots and Soils
Jenny Kao-Kniffin applies evolutionary methods to constructing plants’ soil microbiome—to control weeds, yield more seeds—increasing crop production.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Cornell AgriTech's Digital Agriculture team, assistant professor Katie Gold, assistant professor Yu Jiang and graduate student Maylin Murdock testing a drone in a field.

News

Bringing NASA technology 'down to earth' for agriculture
For more than 50 years, NASA and partner agencies have used satellite imagery to map agriculture worldwide with an eye toward global supply and food security. That technology, however, has largely focused on commodity and row crops. Until now...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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News

Christine Smart appointed director of Cornell AgriTech
Christine Smart , a crop pathologist known for her leadership in protecting the health of specialty crops across New York state, has been appointed the Goichman Family Director of Cornell AgriTech , effective Oct. 1. Olga Padilla-Zakour will...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • Food 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.