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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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More than maple: Cornell research designs sugarbush agroforestry systems
Virtually all of the world’s maple syrup is produced in Canada, the Northeast U.S. and some upper Midwestern U.S. states, where natural conditions for maple sugaring are perfect: wet summers, cold winters and springs with fluctuating...
  • Arnot Teaching and Research Forest
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
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COMM Updates - 4/9/2025
Awards Graduate student Amanda Vilchez was awarded a Summer 2025 Rare and Distinctive (RAD) Language Fellowship from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The RAD fellowship provides students the opportunity to achieve proficiency...
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Cornell partners with industry to better assess drought risk

The project aligns with Cornell Atkinson's core mission of supporting research that drives meaningful impact across public opinion, policy, and corporate practices.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
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Field Note

Francisco Somare: Looking for answers to a global dairy problem
by Caroline Stamm '24 For dairy cows, the transition period from late pregnancy to early lactation is a critical time that significantly impacts their health and the sustainability of the dairy industry. Graduate student and veterinarian Dr...
  • Dairy Fellows Program
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science