USDA official visits campus

Joseph Jen, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) undersecretary for research, education and economics, visited Cornell April 29 and 30 to meet with faculty members, staff and administrators involved with USDA programs and USDA-supported research. Above: Jen, right, has a life sciences discussion with, from left, Kraig Adler, vice provost for life sciences; Steven Tanksley, the L.H. Bailey Professor of Plant Breeding; Leon Kochian, director of the USDA Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory; and Stephen Kresovich, Jen's host on campus and professor of plant breeding and plant biology. Nicola Kountoupes/University Photography