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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 (cals-comm[at]cornell[dot]edu).

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Polson Institute for Global Development funds 11 new projects
Announced this month, the Polson Institute of Global Development announce its spring 2025 grant winners, including support for students and faculty to undertake research in the U.S., Africa, South Asia and Latin America. “Never has support for...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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From the Steppe to the Finger Lakes
Climate change and global market instability are threatening the livelihoods of Mongolia’s herding families—people who have long lived in harmony with nature and their animals. As the founder of Global Nomadic Products LLC and a 2024-25 Hubert H...
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Hughes appointed to national health and well-being leadership role

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Faces of Extension: Mario Miranda Sazo
Relationships and resilience at the root of CCE fruit specialist Mario Miranda Sazo's agricultural journey Mario Miranda Sazo's success in agriculture is a story of resilience and growth, spanning continents and challenges. Originally from Chile...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Cornell student campaign for research support reaches 50 states

In a nationwide campaign led by Cornell students, more than 500 scientists have committed to writing letters and op-eds in their hometown newspapers across all 50 states – each one a personal appeal on why public investment in research matters.

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