Morrisville State College

SUNY Morrisville (formerly Morrisville State College) is a public college with two locations in New York, one in Morrisville and one in Norwich. It is part of the State University of New York System. It offers 23 bachelor's degrees, 52 associate degrees, and three certificate programs, and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

The college is considered an Agriculture and Technology school. Programs of study include agriculture, animal science, equine, dairy, livestock, agriculture business, automotive, business, computing and information, design and engineering, brewing science, horticulture, environmental resources, aquatic science and aquaculture, renewable energy, equine, health and human performance, hospitality, and technology and society.

SUNY Morrisville was one of the first campuses to hold a license to grow industrial hemp for grain and fibre research applications. This research program is being led by Agronomy professor Dr Gilbert Jenkins and Morrisville students.

While Industrial Hemp is very responsive to nitrogen inputs in terms of increased grain production, at the same time, fibre quality may decrease with high N inputs. We are looking to develop a grain yield response curve for nitrogen fertilization, test a variety of fertilization timing options, and sources of N fertilizer to maximize grain production.

Fibre quantity and quality will be measured to determine if it is possible to harvest high-quality fibre from a duel purpose crop, or whether nitrogen recommendations are divergent for fibre and grain production purposes.

SUNY Morrisville Aquatic Science and Aquaculture Program houses a breeding colony of Hippocampus erectus, the lined seahorse and is currently working on experiments that address larval seahorse health and conservation of seahorses.

The New York State Senate awarded $4 million for the creation of the New York Center for Liquid Biofuels at Morrisville State College with a facility based in Cortland County. The grant for the centre will help fund a biodiesel infrastructure in New York State through the construction of an oilseed crushing and biodiesel processing plant and extensive research in the use of biofuels and byproducts.