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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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Field Note

Biomethane potential in New York
Biomethane from New York’s dairy manure and food waste could fuel over 30,000 tractor trailers annually*, displacing at least 300 million gallons of diesel. 12 percent of the NY dairy herd has implemented manure anaerobic digestion (AD) to...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
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Field Note

Taylor Walker: MPS program an incredibly inventive space
When I finished my undergraduate studies in marine science at Boston University, I looked for a way to continue learning. Then I found out about the one-year MPS program focusing on animal science. To help me decide whether to apply, I read some...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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COMM Updates - 2/13/2025
Conferences Graduate student Julia Goolsby et al. presented “Cross-Park RAD Project: Insights for Responding to Ecological Transformation in the National Park Service” at the National Park Service North Coast & Cascades Science Days. This...
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Ready, set … count! Annual birding event aids research

The Great Backyard Bird Count, organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with Audubon and Birds Canada, is Feb. 14-17 and invites volunteers to watch birds and record what they see, enriching the Cornell Lab’s trove of data.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
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‘Structural poverty’ maps could steer help to world’s neediest

A new mapping approach piloted by Cornell researchers could help policymakers identify where people live in extreme poverty and target resources more effectively.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Applied Economics
  • Development