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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).

Latest from the CALS Newsroom

Oshi Ghee

News

Oshi Ghee began with a Facebook post. Aashna Ahmed was visiting her parents in Upstate New York. Her mother was making a pot of ghee, the cousin of clarified butter that’s a staple in Bangladeshi families like Ahmed’s. While ghee has been...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
a woman in a lab coat stands holding a petri dish

Field Note

by Sydney Zarb ’27 As an undergraduate in Cornell Animal Science, with the goal of becoming a veterinarian, I want to more deeply understand solutions that benefit cows, the environment and the people that depend on them. I am particularly...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Bacteria
Illustration of a DNA strand

News

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
Jules Ginenthal, natural areas stewardship coordinator, plants a black ash sapling.

News

Cornell Botanic Gardens is collaborating with conservation partners to propagate trees resistant to emerald ash borers.

  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Plants