Elizabeth Lamb has been named ornamentals coordinator for the New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program.
As coordinator of the University of Florida's Horticultural Sciences Teaching Program, Lamb developed programs and courses for commercial growers that ranged from vector control and disease identification to hydroponics and direct marketing, with particular strengths in biopesticides and organic production. She has also served as vice president of the education division of the American Society of Horticultural Science and has been a sought-after guest on radio and TV shows.
A native of Geneva, New York who completed her master’s degree at Cornell, Lamb joined the program on May 1.
Todd M. Schmit was recently appointed an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Management. Schmit's research and extension appointment will focus on economic, marketing, and management issues related to the agribusiness industry in New York and the Northeast. Prior to his recent appointment, Schmit worked as a research associate in AEM, focusing on the economic impacts and marketing strategies of agricultural commodity promotion programs at both the household and aggregate market levels, with particular emphasis in the dairy industry. He has also investigated alternative forms of producer-funded promotion and design of alternative funding mechanisms to provide maximum benefits to producers. Schmit received his doctorate in agricultural economics from Cornell University in 2003.
Peter Trowbridge will succeed Kathryn Gleason as chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture. Trowbridge’s research and private practice focus on sustainable design and revegetation of landfill sites, urban land, and other difficult environments. His coursework engages plant identification, planting design, construction technology, and graduate and undergraduate studios that focus on landscape rehabilitation and ecology. He maintains an active practice, Trowbridge and Wolf, contributes to Landscape Architecture Magazine on a regular basis, and is an editor of the Journal of Landscape and Urban Planning. He is a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Gleason will be on sabbatic leave in 2006–07 to pursue her research in landscape archaeology. She is interviewed in the May issue of Archaeology Magazine.
Chris Wien, a professor in the Department of Horticulture, will serve as acting director of Cornell Plantations for six months beginning on July 1, 2006 while Plantations director Don Rakow is on sabbatical leave. Wien received both his master’s and PhD degrees from Cornell’s Department of Vegetable Crops. He subsequently served as professor and chair in the Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science. Wien has also worked with Cornell’s International Institute for Food on agriculture and development in Zimbabwe and is former associate editor of the Journal of the American Society of Horticultural Science. His research concerns the physiology and management of vegetables and cut flowers.