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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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Cereal rye, the most widely used cover crop in the U.S., in a field at the Cornell University Musgrave Research Farm in Aurora, New York.

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Study offers insight into balancing climate solutions and crop yields

A computer model analysis showed that global adoption of regenerative farming practices to improve soil health can benefit either greenhouse gas mitigation or crop yields but rarely both.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Musgrave Research Farm
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
CCE fruit extension specialist Mario Miranda Sazo

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Innovations in apple farming with CCE specialist Mario Miranda Sazo
In this episode of Extension Out Loud, Mario Miranda Sazo, fruit extension specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension's (CCE) Lake Ontario Fruit Program, shares how advanced technology and agricultural techniques are revolutionizing apple...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Fruits
Researchers use VR headset to understand how people’s nonverbal behavior can provide insight into their states of mind and their interactions with their teammates.

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Research at risk: Keeping Navy divers safe with robot partners

Cornell researchers are working to understand how robots can assist humans in dangerous and physically challenging environments, but the project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, has been halted by a stop-work order.

  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
Alexa Maille to guide NYS 4-H into the future

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Veteran 4-H leader Alexa Maille to guide NYS 4-H into the future

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension