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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.

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Latest from the CALS Newsroom

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News

New Doctor at CBFS and DNRE
Alex Koeberle defended his thesis “POPULATION ECOLOGY OF ALEWIFE AND CISCO IN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS” and is now Dr. Alex Koeberle. Dr. Koeberle worked in two New York lakes – Keuka Lake and Otsego Lake – where the alewife population had declined...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Ecosystems
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News

  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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News

December 3, 2025 Awards Assistant Professor Monica Cornejo et al., received the Top Paper Award in the Interpersonal Communication Division from the National Communication Association. Their paper, titled “Exploring the Effects and Content of...
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News

Established by the New York State Legislature in 1985, Cornell IPM has reduced high-risk pesticide use through science-based strategies like predictive mapping and targeted scouting. Over time, the program has expanded beyond agriculture to...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
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News

The crew building the fieldhouse embraced the hawks as part of daily life, even sporting stickers of Big Red on their hard hats and creating and filling a makeshift birdbath to keep them cool.

  • Lab of Ornithology