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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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Andrea Stevenson Won, associate professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and her students visit the Center for Teaching Innovation’s Creative Technology Lab.

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Cornell expands AI Critical Literacy Program for incoming students

After a successful pilot launch in the spring, Cornell’s AI Critical Literacy Program will be offered in the fall to all incoming students as well as other interested students, faculty members and staff.

  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Communication
Louis Longchamps speaking to a group of people at a farm

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Louis Longchamps’ lab brings scientific tools to farmer-led experimentation
Growers routinely conduct their own on-farm experiments, testing different seeds and management strategies to improve yields and long-term sustainability. But most growers don’t have the time, resources or expertise that scientists have to fully...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
CCE Broome's Nutrition Educator Ann Supa in the Commercial Kitchen.

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CCE Broome Commercial Kitchen Incubator to Strengthen Local Food Businesses
Relevance Access to licensed commercial kitchen space is a significant barrier for food entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand value-added food businesses. Without appropriate facilities, small businesses face challenges meeting food safety...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Sunny Jung (standing), professor of biological and environmental engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, helps Alisha Stahl, a middle school teacher from Durgee Junior High School in Baldwinsville, New York, at a workshop for teachers on July 29.

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NYS teachers take on microplastics with snail-inspired robot

Researchers and extension staff translated complex research into a hands-on curriculum – including the construction and deployment of floating robots – for New York State teachers and their students.

  • New York Sea Grant Institute
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering