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.

Green grapes grow on vine

News

Partnership bears fruit with release of two new grape varieties
Two newly released grape varieties, developed collaboratively between Cornell AgriTech and Sun World International, a global fruit genetics and licensing company, offer new flavors for consumers and better growing characteristics for farmers...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
The winning team of the hackathon stands and takes a bow

News

Teams take a crack at world food issues at digital ag hackathon
Students from 28 fields across six different schools gathered at the fourth annual Digital Agriculture Hackathon, March 11-13, to find solutions to global food system issues while competing for cash prizes.
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • Food Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Gagan Sidhu, Ph.D. '11, left, and Luc Mathis, of Meiogenix, examine seed specimens in a growth lab

News

Ag genetics startup Meiogenix joins McGovern Center
Meiogenix, a next-generation technology startup that helps agricultural crops – through chromosome editing – find their own genetic solutions, has joined Cornell’s McGovern Center business incubator. The company aims to help plant breeders...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Agriculture
Don Rakow in the garden

Spotlight

A dose of nature can cure the blues
Don Rakow has pioneered the concept of Nature Rx, how spending time in nature can improve emotional and physical health.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section

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.