Trustees meet in NYC: The Cornell Board of Trustees will hold its first meetings of 2003 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, today, Jan. 23. through Saturday, Jan. 25. The full board will meet from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. Friday. The first hour of the afternoon meeting will be open to the public. The rest of those meetings and a meeting Saturday, from 9 to 11 a.m., will be closed. The 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 and a report on the Land Grant Study conducted over the past year. The board is expected to approve 2003-04 tuition rates for the endowed colleges. In addition to the full board meetings, the following committees with open sessions will meet today or Friday:
Relief fund and fund-raiser: On Saturday, Jan. 4, a four-unit apartment complex on Tareyton Drive burned down, leaving four families (nine adults and 10 children) homeless. Several of the adults are Cornell international graduate students. The families' immediate needs were taken care of by the Red Cross and other community groups and organizations, with help from Cornell's Dean of Students and International Students and Scholars offices. Replacing what was lost in the fire, however, is a current challenge and will remain a challenge for the foreseeable future. A trust fund has been set up at Tompkins Trust Co. to receive financial donations for the families to assist them in this effort. The fund will operate through Jan. 27. Donations can be sent to: Tompkins Trust Company, Richard Dolge, In Care of Retail Banking Department, P.O. Box 460, Ithaca, N.Y. 14851. Checks should be made out to: Fire Relief Fund. All donations received will be split between the four families.
Also, a pancake breakfast, sponsored by the Northeast Elementary School PTA and the Cayuga Heights Fire Company, is being held this Saturday, Jan. 25, to benefit the four families. The benefit breakfast -- all you can eat: adults $5, children $3 -- will be in the Cayuga Heights Fire Station, 194 Pleasant Grove Road, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Employee/Family activity: Cornell staff and faculty and their families are welcome to enjoy Employee/Family Sports Saturday Tumble & Rumble, Saturday, Feb. 1, on campus. Tickets are $5 and include gymnastics (2 p.m. in Newman Arena of Bartels Hall); a Cornell Community Dinner (3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Friedman Wrestling Center) and, for a small additional fee, bowling (in Helen Newman Lanes; $1/game and $1 shoe rental; three game limit). On-campus ticket locations include the Cornell Store Munch Market, Cornell Recreation Connection Desk (130 Day Hall); Helen Newman Hall (Room 305); and the Bartels Hall ticket office (Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.). The event is sponsored by staff-elected trustee Michael Esposito; the Employee Assembly; Office of Human Resources; Cornell Recreation Connection; PawPrint; Department of Athletics and Physical Education; Campus Life Dining and Retail Services; and Administration, Facilities and Finance. Tickets are available through Monday, Jan. 24.
Research travel grants: Need to travel abroad for your graduate research? The competition is now open for 2003-04 International Research Travel Grants for Cornell graduate students' travel between April 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004. Applications are available at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Graduate School or at the Web site: www.einaudi.cornell.edu/fundingopps/travelgrant.asp. The application deadline is Feb. 3.
Chimesmasters competition: The Cornell Chimes annual 10-week competition for new chimesmasters will begin with two one-hour information sessions Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 27 and 28, at 5 p.m. at the top of McGraw Tower. Anyone interested in playing the chimes should attend one of the two sessions. To participate in the competition, you must be a member of the Cornell community, able to read music and climb 161 steps; no prior chime playing experience 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. During the first four weeks, competitors will practice silently on the clavier and memorize the Jennie McGraw Rag, the first song played every morning and named for the donor of Cornell's original nine bells. Those who make satisfactory progress can play out loud for the remaining six weeks. At the end of this period, the current chimesmasters will decide who will be accepted. For more information, contact the Chimes Office at 255-5350, send e-mail to chimes@cornell.edu or visit www.chimes.cornell.edu.
Freeman Peace Prize: Applications are being sought for the 19th annual Harrop and Ruth Freeman Prize in Peace Studies. The prize is given to encourage Cornell undergraduate students to pursue work or study in fields related to peace studies and conflict resolution. The value of the prize in 2003 is $2,500. Graduating seniors are eligible to apply by submitting: an application form and a brief (200-500 word) statement of purpose, a letter of recommendation from the student's adviser or a faculty member who knows his or her work well and a Cornell transcript. Preference will be given to students who plan to work in peace-related organizations, but students who are going on to graduate work in the field also are eligible for consideration. The application deadline is March 14. Applications and more information are available from the Peace Studies Program, 130 Uris Hall, 255-6484, or at the Web site www.einaudi.cornell.edu/PeaceProgram/. The winner will be announced in April.
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