Briefs

Trustees meet in NYC: The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meeting of 2002 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell in New York City today through Saturday, Jan. 24-26. The full board will meet from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. Friday and approximately the first 15 minutes of the meeting will be open to the public. The rest of that meeting and a meeting Saturday, from 9 to 11 a.m., will be closed. Both meetings will be in the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Education Center, 1300 York Ave. Among topics of discussion will be a report from President Hunter Rawlings. The board is expected to approve 2002-03 tuition rates for the endowed colleges.

In addition to the full board meetings, the following committees with open sessions will meet today or Friday:

• The Buildings and Properties Committee will meet briefly in open session to discuss ongoing construction projects at the start of its meeting at 9 a.m. today in Room A-126.

• The Audit Committee will have an open session at the beginning of its meeting at 3:30 p.m. today in Whitney 117. The committee's annual report will be presented.

• The Land Grant and Statutory College Affairs Committee will meet in open session at 6:30 p.m. today in Whitney 117. Items to be discussed at this open meeting include contract college tuition rates, the state financial climate and an update on Martha Van Rensselaer North construction.

• The Committee on Academic Affairs and Campus Life will have a brief open session at its meeting at 4 p.m. today in Room A-126. The committee will consider whether to establish a bachelor of arts degree program in religious studies.

Tickets for the board of trustees meeting can be obtained by the general public on a first-come, first-served basis at the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall, Ithaca.

Library research grants: Cornell University Library is inviting applicants for its new Phil Zwickler Memorial Research Grants. Through the generosity of the Phil Zwickler Charitable and Memorial Foundation, the library is now able to offer financial assistance to select scholars for expenses incurred when they come to conduct research on sexuality with sources in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC). The Human Sexuality Collection in RMC seeks to encourage the study of sexuality and sexual politics by preserving and making accessible relevant primary sources that document historical shifts in the social construction of sexuality, primarily in the United States from the 19th century onward. (The Human Sexuality Collection web site is http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/HSC/ .) Any researcher with a project that can be augmented by research with the Human Sexuality Collection and related sources is eligible to apply. Preference is given to projects that have a high probability of publication or other public dissemination. One or more awards of up to $1,350 will be made annually. Applications for 2002 will be accepted through March 8. Awards will be announced by April 15. For complete details on the application process, contact Brenda J. Marston at bjm4@cornell.edu , 255-3530.

Chimesmasters competition: The Cornell Chimes annual 10-week competition for new chimesmasters will begin with two one-hour information sessions Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 28 and 29, at 5 p.m. at the top of McGraw Tower. Anyone interested in playing the chimes should attend one of the two sessions. People participating in the competition must be members of the Cornell Community, able to read music and climb 161 steps; no prior chimes playing is required. Those who are selected as new chimesmasters will continue Cornell's oldest music tradition, dating back to the university's opening in 1868. For more information, contact the Chimes Office at 255-5350, send e-mail to chimes@cornell.edu or see the web site www.chimes.cornell.edu.