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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.

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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.

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Limited evidence of bias in acoustic surveys determined by surface vessel
Acoustic surveys are a critical tool for studying fish populations and can provide fisheries-independent data on spatially extensive fish populations. However, prior work has identified fish avoidance of survey ships, presumably in response to...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Natural Resources
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Big ship, tiny plankton
In April and August, scientists from the Cornell Biological Field Station board the US Environmental Protection Agency vessel the R/V Lake Guardian for a four week survey of all five Great Lakes. We collect samples for zooplankton and mysid...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Organisms
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Paul Smith’s College graduate students complete projects at CBFS
This summer, seven Master’s program students from Paul Smith’s College completed graduate research projects in collaboration with CBFS Shackelton Point. The students designed, executed, and reported on their projects over a year-long period...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Natural Resources
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PRO-DAIRY Agriservice Award
Sunnyside Farms, Scipio Center, and John Lehr, Farm Credit East, received the 2023 PRO-DAIRY Agriservice Award presented by NYS Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball and Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Director Dr. Thomas Overton during the Dairy Day...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY