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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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Allison Chuhta ’29

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Chobani scholar: Allison Chuhta ’29
Major: Food science Hometown: Greenwich, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? In Cornell CALS, I could see genuine commitment to community and curiosity. I knew that I would be getting a well-rounded education complete with academic rigor...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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Meet our Chobani scholars – class of 2029
The Chobani Scholars Program was created to support students pursuing studies in agriculture, including food and animal science. Since its inception in 2019, the program has selected undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences from New York as Chobani scholars, each receiving a $20,000 scholarship.
  • Animal Science
  • Food Science
  • Animals
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Grants fund high-risk research on fungal disease and antibiotic resistance

Schwartz Research Fund Visionary Grants for faculty members in the life sciences aims to provide significant assistance for innovative, visionary research that opens an important new line of inquiry.

  • Microbiology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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Climate change and wine grapes: Go, stay or change?

As the planet warms, wine-growing regions face an uncertain future. Should they double-down on what they grow or do something entirely different?

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section