Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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| NYS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | |
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| Established | 1874 |
| Type | Contract |
| Dean | Susan A. Henry |
| Faculty | 386[1] |
| Undergraduates | 3,153 |
| Postgraduates | 936 |
| Location | Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Website | www.cals.cornell.edu |
The New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University (abbreviated to CALS or Ag School) is a statutory college of New York.[2] With about 3,100 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students enrolled, it is the third-largest college of its kind in the United States and the second-largest undergraduate college or school at Cornell. It is the only school of agriculture in the Ivy League. The undergraduate business program at CALS is one of only two such Ivy League programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).[3]
As part of Cornell's land-grant mission, the college jointly administers New York's cooperative extension program with the College of Human Ecology and it runs both the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, in Geneva, New York, and the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, in addition to many other research facilities around the state.[4]
For 2007-08, CALS total budget (excluding the Geneva Station) is $283 million, with $96 million coming from tuition and $52 million coming from state appropriations. The Geneva Station budget was an additional 25 million.[5]
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[edit] History
| Liberty Hyde Bailey | 1903-1913 |
| Beverly T. Galloway | 1914-1916 |
| Albert Russell Mann | 1917-1931 |
| Carl Edwin Ladd | 1931-1943 |
| William Irving Myers | 1943-1959 |
| Charles Edmund Palm | 1959-1972 |
| W. Keith Kennedy | 1972-1978 |
| David L. Call | 1978-1995 |
| Daryl B. Lund | 1995-2000 |
| Susan Armstrong Henry | 2000-Present |
Established in 1874 as the Department of Agriculture, the department became a college in 1888. In 1904, eminent botanist and horticulturist Liberty Hyde Bailey, along with New York State farmers, convinced the New York Legislature to financially support the agriculture college at Cornell, a private university that had been established in 1865 as New York's land-grant institution. Thus, it became a statutory college, and changed its name from the New York State College of Agriculture in 1904 to the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1971.[6]
The World Food Prize has been awarded for the sixth time to a Cornellian. Dr. Andrew Colin McClung, M.S. 1949, was awarded the World Food Prize for helping to transform a large area of Brazil into fertile land. His recommendations regarding key agricultural inputs made this transformation possible.[7]
[edit] The Agriculture Quadrangle
The Agriculture Quadrangle (Ag Quad) contains buildings which house many of the programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It is a quadrangle east of the Arts Quad and west of the College of Veterinary Medicine. The oldest building still standing on the quad is Caldwell Hall, opened in 1913. The Plant Science Building opened in 1931 and Warren Hall, across from Plant Science, opened in the next year, The art deco style Mann Library on the eastern end of the quad, connecting Warren Hall on the north to the Plant Sciences Building on the south, opened in 1952. Completed in 1990, Kennedy and Roberts Halls, featuring an archway that connects the two halls, extend along the western face of the quad, having replaced the original Roberts Hall (1906). The Computing and Communications Center stands between Roberts and Caldwell Halls.[citation needed]
[edit] Cornell University Esbaran Amazon Field Laboratory
The Cornell University Esbaran Amazon Field Laboratory was inaugurated in July 2001, as a research facility dedicated to education, conservation, and the discovery of novel medicinal compounds from applied field chemoecology, under the direction of Dr. Eloy Rodriguez. The laboratory was constructed in partnership with the Amazon Yarapa River Lodge, an ecotourism venture, with funds granted from Cornell University, the National Institutes of Health, and private donations.
[edit] Location
The laboratory is located in the Amazon Rainforest along the banks of the Yarapa River, a remote tributary of the Amazon River in Peruvian Amazon Rainforest. Jaldar, the closest native village has been brought into an agreement to serve as custodians of the land and manage it in a way consistent with conservation and sustainable use. Further upstream, can be found the villages of Nuevo Loreto and Puerto Miguel, and on an adjacent tributary the village of Jerusalem where a local shaman leads students in botanical expeditions.
Research at the EsBaran Field Laboratory relies heavily on the collaboration of local guides whose knowledge of the rainforest is unparalleled. Students engage local children in an exchange of knowledge to facilitate the sharing of perspectives and cultural assets.
[edit] Academics
The undergraduate programs lead to the Bachelor of Science in at least one of the 23 currently offered majors. The college also offers graduate degrees in various fields of study through the Graduate School, including the M.A.T., M.L.A., M.P.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
The departments within the college are:
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Bryan Colangelo, president and general manager of the Toronto Raptors[8]
- Jon Daniels, general manager of the Texas Rangers[8]
- Arthur Rose Eldred, America's first Eagle Scout, American agricultural official and executive; [9][10]
- Keith Olbermann, sportscaster, news anchor and political commentator[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Cornell Factbook
- ^ Charter of Cornell University
- ^ Applied Economics and Management/Cornell
- ^ Research and Extension Facilities
- ^ http://www.dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000383.pdf Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ^ Overview
- ^ Alum shares World Food Prize
- ^ a b Grace-Kobas, Linda (9 March 2006). "Focus on Cornell alumni: Toronto Raptors and Texas Rangers choose Cornellians to lead them". Cornell Chronicle. pp. 9. http://www.diggingforthetruth.net/articles/cornellchroniclemarch92006.pdf. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "BSA's first Eagle Scout". Eagle Scout Resource Center. http://www.eaglescout.org/history/first_eagle.html. Retrieved 2006-07-07.
- ^ "Eldred Letter - 1940". en.wikisource. 1940-03-28. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eldred_Letter_-_1940. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ Finkelstein, Eric (2004-11-28). "Counting Down With Keith Olbermann '79". Cornell Daily Sun. http://cornellsun.com/node/13424. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
[edit] External links
- New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University
- Explore Cornell: Ag Quad
- Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Cornell's Undergraduate Business Program website
- New York State College of Forestry at Cornell
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