Core Priorities of the College
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is the flagship for a land-grant mission that has been a vital and distinguishing cornerstone of Cornell University since 1865.
Applied social sciences became a priority more than a century ago when Liberty Hyde Bailey committed resources to strengthening the agricultural economy and rural communities in New York.
As Liberty Hyde Bailey recognized in shaping the vision for CALS more than a century ago, environmental stewardship is a natural extension of studies to improve agriculture.
CALS is distinguished in embracing both the discovery of life processes and the application of those discoveries to benefit life on the planet.
International Impact of the Core Priorities
The story of CALS’ involvement in international agriculture and development began with a successful rice improvement program in Nanjing, China, in the 1920s.
