Over Spring Break "Wee Stinky", Cornell's rare "corpse plant"  bloomed to a crowd of over after a decade of cultivation, attracting more than ten thousand people to the smelly event.

“A tree sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed stops the heart; a shrub causes intolerable pain; a vine intoxicates; a leaf triggers a war. Within the plant kingdom lurk unfathomable evils,” writes author Amy Stewart in her most recent New York Times bestselling book, Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities.

Prof. Stroock, chemical and biomolecular engineering, replicates the behavior of plants in his laboratory, where he studies the fundamental properties of water under negative pressure.

Working as an intern in Bradfield hall for a month can be an exciting experience.  There are ups, there are downs, and there are certainly lessons to learn.