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The Office of Marketing and Communications services CALS faculty, staff and students by providing news and feature coverage of research, teaching and extension and outreach news. We write and edit a wide variety of content for the Cornell Chronicle as well as our college-wide publications, websites and social media platforms.

We coordinate with the Cornell Office of Media Relations to distribute news releases and tip sheets for reporters and other entities. We also assist journalists who request information or interviews of CALS' personnel.

If you are a member of the media seeking to contact a CALS researcher, staff member or student, please contact us at cals-comm [at] cornell.edu.

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Active Learning Initiative, at 10, elevates teaching and belonging

The Active Learning Initiative celebrates 10 years at Cornell and its impact: increased student success, engagement, and a sense of belonging.

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
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Corrie Moreau to lead diversity and inclusion efforts at CALS
Benjamin Z. Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, has announced the appointment of Corrie S. Moreau as the inaugural associate dean of diversity and inclusion for CALS. Her three-year appointment is effective Jan. 2, 2023, and will run through Dec. 31, 2025.
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
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Spotlight

Meet our faculty: Lawrence Jin
Meet Lawrence Jin, associate professor of finance, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
  • Behavior
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Spotlight

Meet our faculty: Wendong Zhang
Meet Wendong Zhang, assistant professor of applied economics and policy, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
  • Applied Economics
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Spotlight

Meet our faculty: Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou
Meet Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, assistant professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
  • Genetics