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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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Members of the winning team at this year's Digital Agriculture Hackathon.

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Winning digital ag idea targets killer ants

The Digital Ag hackathon, sponsored by the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture and powered by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, brought 116 students to Atkinson Hall for the weekend of Feb. 27-March 1.

  • Agriculture
Dean Houlton poses with awardees at the Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony

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CALS celebrates excellence at Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony
Faculty and staff from across Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell CALS) came together on March 2 to honor 49 awardees at the annual CALS Faculty and Staff Awards.
Long Island resident Suzette Foote (left) talks with Shannon Fabiani, energy adviser with the Long Island Regional Clean Energy Hub, about clean energy upgrades for Foote’s home.

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CCE helps Long Island residents save on energy bills

The Long Island Regional Clean Energy Hub offers residents and businesses free guidance and subsidies to reduce their energy use, transition to clean energy and lower their heating and electricity bills.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Energy
solar panels

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Solar’s threat to NYS agriculture may be overstated

New York state farmers with solar leases say they’ll use the added revenue to invest in their farms, with many stating they don't plan to change their agricultural practices at all.

  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Agriculture
  • Solar
Michael Fiorentino speaking to a group during educational programming.

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Faces of Extension : Michael Fiorentino
Michael Fiorentino, natural resources team leader for Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Nassau County, began his Cooperative Extension journey at age nine when he joined a 4-H livestock club on Long Island, sparking a lifelong passion that...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension