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Science-based innovation for a changing world

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Join our mission to address global challenges of food security, environmental conservation, biodiversity and human health and well-being. Learn more about our vision, people and facilities.

SIPS is embarking on an exciting phase of reorganization guided in part by our 2022 Strategic Plan. Read updates from SIPS Director Joss Rose

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Undergraduate study in the plant sciences
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Learn how our research in plant and soil sciences is advancing our knowledge and securing food security and environmental sustainability.

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From fabric arts to human waste: Student Biennial projects transcend

More than a dozen students are taking part in the 2022 Cornell Biennial, which aims to serve as an anchor for the arts at Cornell and bring artists from around the world to campus.

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
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Global Cornell awards support new international courses
Global Cornell has awarded five International Cornell Curriculum (ICC) grants totaling $114,000 to support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students. The resulting courses will be offered in 2023.
  • Department of Communication
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science

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Weiss teaching award honors eight exceptional faculty

President Martha E. Pollack announced the faculty members honored with the Stephen H. Weiss Awards, which recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
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Honeycrisp genome will help scientists breed better apples

A team of researchers has sequenced the Honeycrisp apple genome, a boon for scientists and breeders working with this popular and economically important cultivar.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' 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꞉nǫ' dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' people, past and present, to these lands and waters.