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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.

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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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Cast Forward
Wade into the Salmon River with CCE Oswego County 4-H and the Tug Hill-Black River Chapter of Trout Unlimited as they introduce youth to fly fishing and the conservation values that come with it. This episode of ‘Extension Out Loud,’ a podcast...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Fish
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From the Living Lab: Small biodigester to fuel research, extension

One of the newest additions to Cornell’s Living Lab, the anaerobic digester will generate electricity and provide a real-world testbed for researchers across campus.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Agriculture
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COMM Updates - 5/6/2026
May 6, 2026 Check out our final COMM Updates for the 2025–2026 academic year—and what a year it’s been! We’ll be back at the beginning of the fall 2026 semester. Awards Graduate student Margaret (Maggie) Foster received the Christine Ye...
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Field Note

From veterinarians to dairy farmers: This core class is relevant to all
by Angelina Tang ’28 Students dressed in panda onesies to present a research proposal on the genetic quality of giant panda semen isn’t something you see in every class. But it’s a fun sight to behold in ANSC 2210: Principles of Animal Genetics...
  • Animal Science
  • Genetics