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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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Study reveals how echo chambers form and what prevents them

Study reveals how a few very general constraints can lead to echo chambers – self-reinforcing feedback loops – in biological systems such as birds in a flock, cells in tissue or ants in a swarm.

  • Computational Biology
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Palette versus palate: Wine drinkers embrace a spectrum of wine colors 

A Cornell-led study finds that wines made from disease-resistant grape varieties, long dismissed by traditionalists, appeal to consumers as much as those made from classic European grapes.

  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Dilmun Hill Student Farm Celebrates 30 Years of Student-Run Agriculture
More than 100 visitors flocked to the farm to join Dilmun Hill Student Farm’s 30th anniversary open house. The event ran from 3 to 6 p.m., allowing visitors to walk around nine stations spread across the farm before a catered reception and a...
  • Dilmun Hill Student Farm
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From llamas to lavender, agritourism grows in New York state

Cornell Cooperative Extension has boosted its support for New York state agritourism as the industry has grown, with the number of participating farms nearly doubling and revenue tripling since 2007.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture