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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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Students in Marvin Pritts’ Berry Crops: Production and Management course visit Green Empire Farms’ 32-acre strawberry greenhouse operation in Oneida, NY. Their protective suits prevent pests and bacteria from entering from the outside.

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Creative Teaching Awards celebrate experiential learning, community connections

This year’s Creative Teaching Awards faculty recipients have taken students for hands-on, local learning experiences well beyond the classroom walls.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture
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5.5M ground nesting bees make home in Ithaca cemetery

An Ithaca cemetery is home to one of the largest and oldest recorded aggregations of ground nesting bees in the world.

  • Cornell Orchards
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Entomology
Cattle at Centerdale Farm in Black River, New York.

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Northeast farmers could profit from grass-fed beef if they expand, join forces

A new analysis finds that grass-fed beef can compete with grain-fed beef in New York state and New England, particularly if production is scaled up.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
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Collaborative exhibits showcase biodiversity

Three new Cornell University Library exhibits explore the beauty and fragility of Earth’s biodiversity in habitats near and far, from elusive species on other continents to wildlife in our own backyards.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Mann Library
  • Biodiversity