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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 Samara Sit, associate dean, Office of Marketing and Communications.

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Grant expands Cornell Farmworker Program efforts
As COVID-19 bore down on New York state, the Cornell Farmworker Program used mobile phone technology to provide rapid guidance and clear health information in multiple languages to the state’s farmworkers. Now, new federal funding will expand the program and further integrate the initiative with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE).
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  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Leading Through Extension: Meeting Local Emerging Needs Nationwide
What trends are we seeing in Extension work nationally and how are state Extension systems rising to meet needs highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic? Dr. Caroline Crocoll Henney, executive director of the national Cooperative Extension System, joins the Extension Out Loud podcast to discuss these questions and the history of the Cooperative Extension System in the latest episode of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s “Leading through Extension” podcast series.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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New global development major launches
Starting in fall 2022, the major will emphasize field experiences and engaged learning as students study complex issues related to socioeconomic development, agriculture and food systems, and environmental sustainability. Students will receive...
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Cornell sets protocols for healthy, safe Commencement
The ceremonies for Cornell’s 153rd graduating class will look different from other celebrations in the university’s past, due to safety precautions and protocols arising from the COVID-19 pandemic – but they promise to be just as festive, joyous and memorable as ever.