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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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News

Pollen-sized technology protects bees from deadly insecticides
An early version of the technology ­– which detoxified a widely-used group of insecticides called organophosphates – is described in a new study, “Pollen-Inspired Enzymatic Microparticles to Reduce Organophosphate Toxicity in Managed Pollinators...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
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Celebrating the CALS Class of 2021
With the end of the semester in sight, we'd like to take a moment to recognize the CALS graduating class of 2021. During their time at Cornell, members of this exceptional class have explored the corners of purpose-driven science, traveled the...
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Food Science
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Study: Grocery taxes increase likelihood of food insecurity
A new study co-authored by Harry Kaiser, the Gellert Family Professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, finds that even a slight grocery tax-rate increase could be problematic for many. “An increase of 1% to 4%...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
  • Food
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Vietnam veterans honor Cornell ROTC: ‘They had our backs’

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Biology