Cornell University’s Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology in Geneva, New York offers a Summer Research Scholars Program where undergraduate students can participate in exciting research projects within the discipline of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology.

The student interns will have the opportunity to work with faculty, their graduate students, postdocs, and staff on research projects that can be laboratory or field-based.

The application deadline is February 15, 2010.

Graduate study assistantships are currently available for the pursuit graduate studies in Plant Pathology at Geneva. Cornell’s Department of Plant Pathology at Geneva is one of two such departments of the university.  The other Department of Plant Pathology is located on the main campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, 50 miles south of Geneva.  The two departments comprise a single integrated Field of Plant Pathology, and students may pursue graduate degrees under the direction of professors from either department.  Most, but not all coursework (see: Field Plant Pathology Course) is completed on the Ithaca campus.  Free shuttle vans provide transportation between the Geneva and Ithaca departments.

• Apply for graduate studies
• More about The Field of Plant Pathology

Cornell’s Department of Plant Pathology at Geneva also hosts postdoctoral scientists and visiting scholars from around the world.  Research visits, internships, and sabbatical leaves are generally arranged through direct contacts with the faculty of the department.

• Contact faculty at Geneva