Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion or Auditorium

Presenter(s): Kerik Cox and Monique Rivera

Topic: Science communication: Extending research to growers and the public

Topic: Grapes and Vineyard tours

Students will tour the AgriTech vineyards (breeding, pathology, and robots) in the morning. Bring a lunch to eat at the Jordan Hall Pavilion before departing to Anthony Road Wine Company for a tour in the afternoon.

Clothing Requirements: closed toed shoes

Field Trip Leaders: Maddy Oravec, Yu Jiang, and Katie Gold

Please Note: 8:30 AM - Students will meet Maddy and Erin at the repository (https://maps.app.goo.gl/9nrMTMK7Fjrck9ju7)
Address: 2865 County Rd 6, Geneva

Agenda:

8:30 - 9:15 AM: Grape Repository Tour with Erin Galarneau

9:30 -10:15 AM: Pathology Program Tour with Katie Gold

10:15 -11:00 AM: Phenotyping Robots Tour with Yu Jiang

11:00 -11:45 AM: Breeding Program Tour with Maddy Oravec

12:00 -1:00 PM: BYO lunch at Jordan Hall Pavilion

1:30 - 3:30 PM (approx.): Anthony Road Wine Company Tour
1020 Anthony Rd, Penn Yan, NY 14527

Location: Barton A137

Topic: Grad student life discussion with current AgriTech graduate students

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion

Join your colleagues from across the Geneva campus at the pavilion for Cornell Dairy ice cream and SAGES silent auction!

We will have a variety of toppings to enjoy with your Cornell Dairy ice cream. The ice cream flavors available are:

• Bavarian Raspberry

• Big Red Bear Tracks

• Chocolate Gorges

• Traditional Vanilla

• Seneca Sunset Sorbet

Location: Barton A134
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Presenter: Jean Sabety

Please remember to bring your laptop and your lunch.

Lesson: Using ggplot2 to create high quality figures 
Workshop 4 material

Topic: Vegetable Processing, Production & Protection

Field Trip Leaders: Brian Nault, Sarah Pethybridge, Julie Kikkert

Locations: Jordan Hall auditorium, Seneca Foods, and local veg farm

Please meet in the Jordan Hall auditorium by 7:50 AM

Agenda:

8:00 AM - Jordan Hall auditorium – Introduction to NYS Vegetable Production and Cornell Cooperative Extension

8:45 AM - Tour of Seneca Foods Corporation (sauerkraut production, canned vegetable distribution), 100 Gambee Rd., Geneva, NY 14456. 

Note: Must have closed-toe shoes and do not wear any jewelry.

10:00 AM - Visit HemDale Farms Cabbage Field 42.881490, -77.033075 (park on Prospect Hill Rd.).

10:30 AM - Visit Vegetable Research Trial plots – Cornell Agritech

12:00 PM - Back to Jordan Hall

Lunch will be on your own when you return to Cornell AgriTech

Location: Jordan Hall classroom 210

Presenter: Dan Olmstead, Cornell IPM

Topic: Overview of the Cornell Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program

Department of Graduate Studies (DGS) Day!

Graduate Program Discussion with Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) REU Program

Please dress according to the weather and wear comfortable shoes. There will be alot of walking.

Meet behind Sturtevant Hall at 8:00am

• Shuttle leaves Geneva at 8:15am for Ithaca

• 10:00am - Warren Hall B25, presentations from Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) representatives

• 11:10am - Breakout Room Discussions

  • 11:10 - 11:40 Breakout Session 1

  • 11:45 - 12:15 Breakout Session 2

  • 12:20 - 12:45 Breakout Session 3

• 12:45 - 1:00pm Head to basement lobby of Warren Hall for lunch

• 1:00 - 2:00pm Catered lunch will be provided

• 2:00 - 2:30pm Walk to Minns Garden for group photo and enjoy Cornell Dairy ice cream

• 2:30 - 3:30pm Shopping at the Cornell Store

• 3:30pm - Walk to Tower Rd. for shuttle pick up

• Shuttle leaves at 3:45pm for Geneva

Growing Connections is designed as a structured yet informal opportunity for students to connect across programs, share their research experiences, and build a broader sense of scholarly community here in Geneva. One important but often overlooked skill to develop as a scientist is the ability to explain your research in a clear and concise manner...especially to others who do not work in your immediate field of study.  The Growing Connections Event is designed to help you work on this skill. 

This event will take place on HWS campus and will be facilitated by HWS career development staff.  Kim and I will also be attending the event with you.  In addition to our group, there will be two other REU/intern groups present (HWS Summer Mentored Research Program and the Microplastics in the Environment REU program).  The program leaders will give a brief overview of their programs then the facilitator will lead you all through a few guided networking activities. 

Facilitators:

• Jeremy Elliott-Engel, Associate Director, STEM Career Services, HWS

• Jessica Townley, Associate Director, STEM Career Services, HWS

Speakers:

• Kyle Wickings, Director, Cornell AgriTech REU

• Nick Metz, Director, HWS Summer Mentored Research

• Nan Arens, Director, Microplastics in the Environment REU

Location: HWS Campus - Coxe Hall, Barlett Theater (building #2 on the HWS campus map)

This is a fairly quick walk from the houses on St. Clair so, I suggest arriving back at the houses at 3:45 and walking down to Coxe Hall from there.  The event will conclude at 5:00 and you’re free to walk back to the houses from there.

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion
Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm
Cornell is hosting an Employee Appreciation Luncheon, just prior to our July 2 and 3 holiday. Take this opportunity to connect, enjoy Char Burrito and celebrate our community’s excellence with support from President Kotlikoff’s office.

Location: Barton A134
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Presenter: Jean Sabety

Please remember to bring your laptop and your lunch.

Lesson: Using dplyr and tidyr 
Workshop 3 material

Topic: Hemp and Hops

Field Trip Leaders: Larry Smart

Agenda:

8:30 AM – Meet in Barton Lab parking lot.

8:45 AM – Drive to Research North 042 – Larry Smart – hemp breeding

9:15 AM – Drive to Hemp tent at Research South – Jacob Bish – hemp decortication demo (weather permitting)

9:45 AM – Drive to Gates East hop yard – Nathan Lewis – hop breeding

10:15 AM – Drive to Pedersen Farm (2259 Vogt Rd, Stanley NY 14561) – commercial hop production

11:00 AM – Drive to Brewery Ardennes (570 Snell Rd, Geneva, NY 14456) – craft brewery tour

12:00 PM – Return to AgriTech

Lunch on your own

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion

Join the AgriTech Community free picnic!

Our very own Food Science staff will prepare pulled pork, salt potatoes, baked beans, and cole slaw ready to eat at 4:00pm. As a way to celebrate culinary diversity, we asked attendees to bring a dessert that reminds them of home…wherever that may be!

There will be music as well as a game of volleyball or corn hole.

All summer scholars are encouraged to attend

Location: Jordan Hall auditorium

Presenters: Awais Khan

Topic: Poster Preparation and Presentation

Location: Barton A134
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Presenter: Jean Sabety

Please remember to bring your laptop and your lunch.

Lesson: Understanding data structure and introductory data manipulation
Workshop 2 material

Topic: Food Processing - Red Jacket Orchards Juice Plant

Field Trip Leaders: Chang Chen, Ke Wang, Olga Padilla-Zakour

Clothing Requirements: Shirts with sleeves to cover armpits, full length pants (no shorts), closed toe shoes, no jewelry

Agenda:

10:40 AM - Meet at Jordan Hall parking lot with fleet vehicles. Parking may be limited at Red Jacket, so it is important for students to ride together in the fleet vehicles provided for the program

10:45-11:00 AM - drive to Red Jacket Orchards Juice Plant (3655 Berry Fields Rd, Geneva, NY 14456)

Drive down Berry Fields Rd to the parking lot. PLEASE NOTE: drive slow on dirt roads

11:00 AM - arrive at Juice Plant

11:00 AM to 12: 30 PM - tour hosted by Brian Nicholson

12:30 -12:45 PM - drive back to Jordan Hall

Lunch on your own after the tour

Campus Closed

Topic: CEA tour

Field Trip Leaders: Sam Willden and Dominique Holtappels

Agenda:

• 8:30 - meet at Jordan Hall

• 8:45am - Arrive at Darrow high tunnels

• 8:45-9:30 - Tunnel Talk at Cornell Darrow Research Farm

• 9:30 - Head up to Brockport, NY (1 hr 10 min drive).

  • Pitstop at the Byrne Dairy near the farm (5550 Brockport Spencerport Rd, Brockport, NY 14420) or anywhere along the way *there are porta potties at the farm, but no other services.

• 10:45 - Arrive at Kreher Farm - this link leads to a home just before the dirt road you need to take to reach the high tunnels. These coordinates may help: 43°12'57.8"N 77°54'21.0"W

  • Turn onto a dirt road and drive for approximately 0.25 miles to reach the tunnels.
    IMPORTANT: please drive slowly on the dirt road

  • Tunnel Talk for ~45 minutes then head home

Lunch: It is recommend packing lunch in case there is a delay. However, there are few fast-food restaurants along the thruway. 

Specific clothing: Close toed shoes, no jewelry aside from wedding-band style rings (farm protocol to prevent contamination). 

Location: Jordan Hall Classroom 210

Sara Emery and David Gadoury - The role of scientific societies in networking and career development

Location: Jordan Hall Auditorium

The SAGES symposium was first established by graduate students who recognized a need for Cornell AgriTech to celebrate and share all the incredible work completed by scientists in our community. The Symposium will be held in-person at the Jordan Hall Auditorium.  Research presentations by graduate students and postdocs.

Extension Outreach Assistantship (EOA) poster session during breakfast and networking

Keynote Speaker: Jared Buono, Director, Hudson Valley Research Lab
Topic: New York’s Experimental Farms: Hudson Valley Lab and the Next 100 Years of Hyperlocal Ag Research

Summer Scholars will be pre-registered to attend. Lunch will be provided.

Location: Barton A134
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Presenter: Jean Sabety

Please remember to bring your laptop and your lunch. Jean will have you install and use R during each workshop.

Lesson: Getting started with R and RStudio 
Workshop 1 material

Location - Jordan Hall Pavilion (in case of inclement weather, we will hold this event in the auditorium)

Please join us for our fifth annual celebration and official recognition of Pride Month at Cornell AgriTech in the form of a campus-wide pizza lunch. You are invited to come together in celebration to demonstrate your personal support for  Cornell AgriTech’s LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ family members and affirm your commitment to making our campus the best place it can be. 

Topic: Tree Fruit, Cornell AgriTech farms

Field Trip leaders: Monique Rivera, Kerik Cox, and Ben Gutierrez

Agenda: 8:15 AM - arrive to Cornell AgriTech, Jordan Hall lower parking lot.
Please note: all 5 Cornell fleet vehicles are needed to transport students.

Dress field appropriate and bring a bottle of water if you prefer

In coordination with the NYS’s Invasive Species Awareness Week (June 8 - 14):

The walk starts at 12:30 PM.
Students who would like to join the lunchtime campus walking tour should meet at the red picnic tables behind Hedrick Hall.

The Good, the Bad, and the Invasive
Join us for a guided walk through Cornell AgriTech’s campus as we explore remarkable trees, troublesome invasive species, and the challenges they present to our landscapes. Along the way, we’ll highlight outstanding native and ornamental trees that contribute beauty, habitat, and resilience to the campus environment. In addition, we’ll also make a stop at the demonstration plots near Barton Hall with native perennials and shrubs that serve as habitat and nectar sources for beneficial insects. 

Location: Jordan Hall classroom 210

Presenter: Larry Smart, Professor, Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Cornell AgriTech

Topic: Publishing Academic Papers

10:30 AM - WPS training with Kundan Moktan in the Jordan Hall auditorium

11:30 AM - Greenhouse Tour with Kundan Moktan

12:00 PM - Return to your lab or lunch on your own

8:15am - Commute from HWS to Jordan Hall, 630 W. North Street. Meet in 2nd floor Auditorium

8:30am - Welcome breakfast in the Jordan Hall Auditorium, second floor. Meet faculty and lab members

9:05am - Official Welcome and Opening Remarks by Kyle Wickings

9:20am - HWS housing and security overview with Marty Corbett and Dianna Snyder

9:35am - break

9:45am - Lab Safety and Hazardous Materials Training - presented by Amy Fox - Jordan Hall Auditorium

11:15am - Q&A with Kyle Wickings and Kim Paul

12:00pm - Lunch provided by program

1:00pm - Any remaining Q&A then return to HWS dorm for planning & shopping