RAs and students will turn in house/room keys

Location: Jordan Hall Auditorium

Coffee and light snacks provided before event and lunch provided after the poster session

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion or Barton A134

Topic: Lunch meetup with other Cornell internship programs

Today is the last day to submit your poster title and abstract.

Don’t forget to sign up for a date and time to have your poster printed. Visit the Poster Session tab

Trip leaders: Julie Kikkert, Brian Nault, Sarah Pethybridge - Vegetable Processing, Production & Protection

Locations: Barton Lab A134, Seneca Foods, and local veg farm

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

8:30am – Introductions in Barton Lab A134 (Kikkert, Nault, Pethybridge)

8:33am - Brief overview of vegetable production in New York and Cornell Cooperative Extension (Kikkert)

8:45am – Get in vehicles and head over to Seneca Foods, 100 Gambee Road, Geneva, NY 14456
Link to directions using Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Seneca+Foods+Corporation/@42.8935258,-76.9870724,640m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89d0c560691a4e75:0xa8991682e5841274!8m2!3d42.8928722!4d-76.98437!16s%2Fg%2F1tc_m3h9?entry=ttu

9:00am – Sign into Seneca Foods and put on safety gear; MUST FOLLOW THE DRESS CODE

• No tank tops or shorts

• Must have close toed shoes (NO flip flops or sandals)

• No jewelry or watches

10:30am – Leave Seneca Foods and travel to Hansen Farms LLC, 2330 Mott Rd, Stanley, NY 14561 (19 min travel) - see large cabbage fields, cabbage cold storage, packing operation, food safety.
Link to directions using Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir//2330+Mott+Rd,+Stanley,+NY+14561/@42.8258225,-77.1949527,12z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89d0deae6d52e517:0xb2a0a8c8398b7808!2m2!1d-77.112552!2d42.825852?entry=ttu

 Noon to 12:15pm – Return to AgriTech

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion (Barton A134 - rain location)

Morgan Swoboda, Leo Salgado, Aleah Butler-Jones, Tory Hoyle and others (grad student life discussion with current AgriTech graduate students)

DGS (Department of Graduate Studies) Day!

Graduate Program Discussion with BTI REU Program

Meet behind Sturtevant Hall at 8:00am

• Shuttle leaves Geneva at 8:15am for Ithaca

• 10:00am - Warren Hall B25, presentations from 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 eat Cornell Dairy ice cream

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

• 3:30pm - Walk to Roberts Hall for shuttle pick up

• Shuttle leaves Roberts Hall at 3:45pm for Geneva

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion (Barton A134 - rain location)

Corrie Moreau (Senior Associate Dean of Diversity & Inclusion & Professor of Entomology) – Discussion on diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in academic research

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion

The Student Association of the Geneva Experiment Station (SAGES) will host a Volleyball Tournament on Thursday, July 11, at 3:30pm at the Jordan Hall Pavilion. This is the same afternoon as the ice cream social.

We will have a single elimination tournament, depending on the number of teams signed up. Teams will consist of 6 players (minimum of 4).

Register your team by contacting Kensy (kdr66@cornell.edu) or Leo (lds223@cornell.edu). Please do not hesitate to contact us if there are any questions.

If rain is in the forecast for 7/11, the volleyball tournament will be postponed.

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion

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

More details coming soon

Location: Barton A134
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Presenter: Ricky Tegtmeier

Please remember to bring your lunch.

Lesson: The Wow Factor! (Publication quality figure design in R)

Only four weeks left!!

Location: Barton A134
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Presenter: Ricky Tegtmeier

Please remember to bring your lunch.

Lesson: From Total Mess to Neatly Dressed! (Cleaning/preparing data, introduce ggplot)

Food Science Field Trip

9:25am - Meet in the Food Research Lab Building Room G34 (next to the Pilot Plant)
9:30 - 10:30am - Presentation of Food Science Programs and facilities (Olga Padilla-Zakour), plus a tour of the Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture, the Fermentation Farming Lab, the Food Innovation Lab, the Pilot Plant, the Vinification and Brewing Lab, and the High Pressure Processing (HPP) Validation Center.
10:40am - Depart to Red Jacket Orchards, 957 Canandaigua Road, Geneva, NY 14456
11:00am - 12:00pm - Tour of the Juice Processing Plant
12:00pm - Return to AgriTech
Lunch on your own

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion or Auditorium

Kerik Cox - Science communication: Extending research to growers and the public

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion (rain location - Jordan Hall auditorium)

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

Please join us for our third 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. 

Location: Barton A134
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Presenter: Ricky Tegtmeier

Please remember to bring your lunch.

Lesson: Learn the Lingo and Tidy Up! (Import/manipulate data, introduce tidyverse)

10:00am - Arrive and mingle at Barton A137

10:15am - Powerpoint introductions to grapes and pests

• Viticulture in NY and grapevine diseases (Katie Gold)

• Arthropod pests of grapevine (Greg Loeb)

10:50am - Transition to A206

10:55am - Fungisense Project, Blackbirds, and Hyperbird (Angela Paul and Saeed Hosseinzadeh)

11:10am - Transition to Crittenden Farm

11:20am - Crittenden Research Vineyard

• Introduction to Disease Trials (Dave Combs)

• PPB ground robot (Yiyuan)

11:40am - Transition to Robbins Farm

11:40am - Robbins Farm Research Vineyard (Greg Loeb and Lance Cadle-Davidson)

12:10pm - Transition to Jordan Hall Pavilion

12:15pm - Lunch at Jordan Hall Pavilion (**don’t forget to pack your lunch)

• Discussion with Hans Walter-Peterson, CCE , Finger Lakes Grape Program

12:55pm - Travel to Anthony Rd Vineyard and Winery, NY Rt 14, Dresden

1:15pm - 2:30pm Tour of facilities (Peter Becraft, Head Winemaker)

Approximately 3:30pm - Arrive back to Cornell AgriTech

Location: Jordan Hall classroom 210

Presenters: Awais Khan, Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell AgriTech

Topic: Designing and presenting an academic poster

Location: Barton A134
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Presenter: Ricky Tegtmeier

Please remember to bring your lunch.

Lesson: The Starting Line (R setup and basic commands)

Campus Closed

Location: Jordan Hall Pavilion

Join the AgriTech Community free picnic!

Ace Automatics will be serving BBQ chicken, pulled pork, salt potatoes, baked beans, and mac & cheese at 5pm. 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

*Updated Location: Barton A134

Presenters: Monique Rivera, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology at Cornell AgriTech & Christophe Duplais, Associate Research Professor, Department of Entomology at Cornell AgriTech

Topic: Becoming a good colleague in the lab; working alongside students, technicians, and professors

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.

EOA poster session during breakfast and networking

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rick Rhodes, Executive Director of the Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA).
Topic: Seeding Success - The Legacy and Future of agInnovation

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

Topic: Meet with apple extension specialists, tour an orchard, meet with Star Cider, apple collection tour

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

Items for students to bring: 

- Bagged Lunch or Snack-- there will be food available at Star Cider at the end of the day

- Rain Gear-- Jacket/Umbrella 

- Field shoes/Boots 

8:45 - 9:00am ~ Meet behind Jordan Hall with the 3 Cornell AgriTech fleet vehicles.

9:00 -10:00am ~ McCarthy Tour of Apple Collection (Ben Guitierrez/Kerik Cox/Monique Rivera) 

10:00 -11:00am ~ Commute to Reality Research 

11:00 -12:15am ~Tour of Reality Research (Palmer Family/Kerik Cox/Monique Rivera)

12:15 - 1:00pm ~ Commute to DeMaree Fruit Farms (eat lunch)

1:00 - 2:00pm ~ Tour of DeMaree Fruit Farms, 654 Townline Rd, Williamson, NY 14589 (DeMaree Family/Kerik Cox/Monique Rivera)

 2:00 - 3:00pm ~ Travel to Star Cider http://www.starcidery.com/

 3:00 - 4:30pm ~ Tour of Star Cider (Kerik Cox/Monique Rivera)/Hang out at Star Cider 

 4:30 - 5:00pm ~ Return to AgriTech 

9:00am - Breakfast provided for group at dorm

9:30am - 11:30am - Move from dorm to houses

11:30am - 12:30pm - Boxed lunch provided for group at houses

12:30pm - Return to AgriTech and meet up with your lab!