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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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Microscopy image of a mutant flower bud with wrinkled and irregular sepals

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Wrinkled or smooth? Cell growth mechanics determine shape of plant organs

This discovery could help engineer living materials into different forms, such as the custom of growing bridges from roots in India, and breeding kale so it’s smooth instead of crinkly.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
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PRO-DAIRY Agriservice Awards 2026
The PRO-DAIRY Agriservice Awards recognize outstanding contributions to New York agriculture and long-standing support of the PRO-DAIRY program. “This year’s recipients represent the strong partnerships that help drive innovation, education and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
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Undergraduate club supports local animal shelters
by Angelina Tang '28 Millions of pets in the United States enter animal shelters every year, putting facilities at capacity with no end in sight anytime soon. Couple that with a trend of dogs, particularly large dogs, spending more and more time...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
Kathys Burns in the Voice of the Farmer garden at the NY State Fair.

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CCE’s Kathy Burns awarded Women in Agriculture Friend of the Fair Award
Kathy Burns' path to Cornell Cooperative Extension Onondaga County began with a chance discovery: a job listing for a Master Gardener Program Coordinator that caught her eye. She applied, drawn by the opportunity to combine her experience...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension