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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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Brandon Hsieh, of New York City, and Sunny Zuger, of Washington County, participate in a lab activity session at 4-H Career Explorations June 26 in Weill Hall.

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4-H teens come to Cornell to explore potential career paths
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Cornell, Wegmans partner to train growers in food safety

In an increasingly complex food system, ensuring the safety of fruits and vegetables requires collaboration between grocery chains like Wegmans, Cornell and government agencies.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Produce Safety Alliance
  • Food Science
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Dairy farm modeling tool boosts sustainability, decision-making

The Ruminant Farm Systems modeling tool is available for open-source collaboration, and is available, free of charge, to all U.S. dairy farmers through the National Dairy FARM Program.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
Hans Walter Peterson inspecting grapes in a vineyard

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Faces of Extension: Hans Walter-Peterson
Hans Walter-Peterson, team leader and viticulture extension specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Finger Lakes Grape program, transformed a hobby interest in wine into a thriving career. Working in the Finger Lakes region of New...
  • Viticulture and Enology
Gene for enzyme in saliva associated with Type 2 diabetes

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Gene for enzyme in saliva associated with Type 2 diabetes

Eventual proof of a clear association between genes that express a salivary enzyme and Type 2 diabetes could lead to genetically testing people at birth to predict their susceptibility.

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition