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Beth Ahner is a Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering. Her professional objectives have been to explore basic science in pursuit of better engineering solutions. In particular, she seeks to understand how organisms adapt to trace metal stress in the environment and in turn, how they influence the form of metals in...

Gadoury is a plant pathologist in the Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. Research on such classical diseases as apple scab and grape powdery mildew has been continuous and intensive throughout the last century. However, relatively few investigations have had a major impact upon how we...

I am the Undergraduate Program Coordinator for the Agricultural Sciences Major. I assist students and advisors with course and curriculum questions. I earned my B.S. in Natural Sciences from Cornell. My past experience includes work as a horticulture educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension, a project coordinator with Cayuga Landscape, and a lab...

Bre Foster Bre Foster is the Administrative Assistant for the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program. In her role, she performs various administrative tasks for AIISP, such as coordinating courses for the AIIS minor, managing the AIISP website, and helping with the social media platforms. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from...

Barbara (Bobbi) Peckarsky was a high school teacher in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1971-1974. During summer 1974 an aquatic ecology class taught by Drs. Stanley and Ginny Dodson at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Western Colorado was a life-changing experience. She became smitten with streams and from 1975-1979 conducted field work...

About Rob Scott is known for his work in politically-engaged education and sustainable food production. He has taught courses on educational theory, educational history, and education policy; he has also taught courses on sustainability and horticulture. Scott's current work focuses on generating opportunities for people in prisons to attend...

About I am a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Global Development. My teaching and outreach work focuses on smallholder agriculture, especially farmers’ adaptation to change, as well as their roles in research, innovation and social learning processes. I also collaborate on institution strengthening initiatives with universities and...

About Sasha Endo is the Program Liaison for the Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP). She matches Cornell employees and students for semester-long mutual learning partnerships, and also carries out tasks focused on each of these populations. On the student side, she mentors those who have joined the CLASP program through affiliated...

Toria Melville is an administrative assistant for the Produce Safety Alliance at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Toria primarily works with data collection and analysis supporting Grower and Train-the-Trainer courses. She also supports team projects and administrative tasks for the team. Toria joined the PSA in June 2019.

Tara Reed is the MPS Coordinator in the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS). In this capacity she assists with administrative support of the Integrative Plant Science (IPS) field including admissions, facilitating interactions with faculty, providing information to aid in course selection, tracking student progress, assessments, and...