Our Vision

To be the preeminent college for research, teaching, and extension of agriculture and the life sciences, developing leaders to address the global challenges of the 21st century.

Our Mission

As a college uniquely situated in a land grant, Ivy League university, we are committed to research, teaching and extension that makes an important difference in the lives of our stakeholders in New York State, the nation and the world by:

-Providing a world-class education for our students
-Encouraging lifelong learning through extension education
-Advancing a productive and sustainable agriculture
-Understanding the unity and the diversity of life through discovery in the life sciences
-Promoting a wise stewardship of the environment
-Supporting a safe, secure food supply
-Fostering economic vitality
-Facilitating individual and community health and well-being
-Pursuing scholarship that addresses social issues