Back

Discover CALS

See how our current work and research is bringing new thinking and new solutions to some of today's biggest challenges.

Search for News & Stories

COMM UPDATES from the Department of Communication

News

Conference Participation Graduate student Beatrys Rodrigues co-authored/presented the paper “ELSI for AI? Emerging Visions of Governing AI in US Institutions” at the Society for the Social Studies of Science conference. Since the launch of the...
A man and a woman talk on a stage at a red table with "global cornell" and "freedom of expression" written on the wall behind them.

News

For its work supporting international scholars whose work puts them at risk in their home countries, Cornell has been awarded the Institute of International Education’s Centennial Medal. It was presented to Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff on Oct...

  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
A book opening and pages flaring out.

News

Twenty-five faculty and academic staff from nine Cornell colleges and units are Engaged Faculty Fellows for the 2023-24 academic year, with projects dedicated to advancing community-engaged learning at Cornell and within their respective fields.

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Communication
a group of people sit at a table and smile

News

Awards, conference participation, and Halloween pictures!
A sparrow sits on a tree branch.

News

North American song sparrows may be more resilient to climate change thanks to a remarkable adaptation: a stunning range of body sizes found throughout the bird’s westernmost range.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Climate Change
A man rolls a bag of wheat in a field.

News

New maps, made from a global dataset of crop residues, reveal areas where biochar may be sustainably produced, offering a path to lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Climate Change
Students are seated in a half circle listening to a speaker.

News

In a new Cornell Law School practicum and pilot program funded by the NCAA, students give athletes the skills to manage their finances while in school and when they graduate.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Scientists prepare for a training in Kenya

News

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Plot label in field

News

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
3 individuals pose for a picture in front of Microsoft logo

News

Awards Congrats to Nathan Matias, who received the Rise25 Award from the Mozilla Foundation. The award recognizes visionaries reshaping the digital future. Conference Participation Nathan Matias is organizing a panel for the Computer-Supported...
Headshot of Professor Sunghwan “Sunny” Jung.

News

President Martha E. Pollack announced the recipients of the 2023 Stephen H. Weiss Teaching Awards, which honor faculty members who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Global Development
Group draws on poster during a workshop

News

Many obstacles prevent women from participating as seed entrepreneurs in the commercialized formal seed system delivery models, despite the fact that they are essential to informal seed exchanges, crop diversity maintenance, production...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development

News

Students were tasked with addressing one of four challenges: creating new dairy products, coming up with more efficient food manufacturing processes, lessening the problem of food waste or creating products to increase knowledge and the use of...

  • CIFS-IPP
  • Food Science
  • Food
Many signs in Chinese scattered in a field.

News

A new paper shows that promised yield increases at a global scale from increasing organic carbon in soils would be negligible with current technologies and optimal management practices.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Soil
A man using a mechanical pipette inside a lab.

News

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
A wheat field.

News

Cornell researchers are partnering on the newly announced Feed the Future Climate Resilient Cereals Innovation Lab (CRCIL), providing plant breeding expertise and powerful computational tools to increase the accessibility of cereal crops for...

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Food
A basket of vegetables passed between two people.

News

Researchers from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management have developed a new method for measuring food insecurity, which for millions of people in the U.S. is more than just an abstract concept.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Food
Green leaves with white powder on them

News

Researchers at Cornell have discovered a new grape downy mildew resistance gene – giving the wine and grape industry a powerful new tool to combat this devastating disease.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
A group of people spin fiber on spinning wheels

News

On Sat., Oct. 9, over two hundred fiber enthusiasts – knitters, crocheters, spinners weavers, and felters, descended on the Chemung County Fairgrounds for the Fall Festival and Indie Dyer’s Spectrum Fiber Fest. The event, a partnership between...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Photo of Andy Miller in an orange shirt and sunglasses, smiling with the farm in the background.

News

Established as a dairy farm in 1957, the Osterhoudt family of Genoa, New York, now operates a crop and custom harvest operation. The farm owners, Mark Osterhoudt and his family, and their certified crop adviser and on-farm agronomist Andy Miller...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture