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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

Benjamin Z. Houlton, center, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, discusses net-zero dairy with Catharine Young, right, executive director of the New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture, and Saharah Moon Chapotin, executive director of the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, at the 2024 Grow-NY Summit in Ithaca.

News

Startups in the food and agriculture sectors can apply through May 15.

  • Agriculture
  • Food
Three women gather in a semi-circle at an event

News

Faculty and staff from across Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell CALS) came together on March 3 to honor 38 awardees at the annual CALS Faculty and Staff Awards.
New York State Assemblyperson Anna Kelles (D-125th District) addresses an Emerson Hall audience on Feb. 28 during “What’s Next for STEM Research,” an expert panel organized by the graduate student-led Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club.

News

Experts discussed support for science research during a pair of panels organized by faculty and students on Feb. 28.

  • Communication
Amy Barkley holding a chicken on her farm.

News

Amy Barkley is a livestock specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Southwest New York Dairy Livestock and Field Crops Program. Although Amy specializes in poultry, she also supports farmers with beef, sheep, goats, camelids, swine...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension