Briefs

Trustees meet in NYC:The Executive Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets today, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., New York City. The short public session at the beginning of the meeting will include a report from Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman and a report of the Buildings and Properties Committee. The Buildings and Properties Committee also will meet today at 9:30 a.m. in the Fall Creek Room. The committee will discuss the status of ongoing projects in a brief open session at the start of the meeting.

Expanded holiday hours at Olin:In response to users' requests, Olin Library will be open two days this year during the university's holiday break and for longer hours during the January winter session. Over the holiday break (Dec. 25-Jan. 1), Olin Library will be open Monday, Dec. 29, and Tuesday, Dec. 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Friday, Jan. 2, it will be open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan. 3, from noon to 6 p.m. During winter session (Jan. 5-25), Olin will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. See http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/about/libhours.html for a complete listing of hours for all campus libraries.

Statler scholarship:Daniel Skodol, a student in the Master of Management in Hospitality program at the School of Hotel Administration, was awarded a Statler Foundation Scholarship of Excellence. Presented at a ceremony at Niagara University this fall, the national scholarship is awarded to outstanding students planning to pursue careers in the hospitality industry. Skodol will receive up to $20,000 to cover tuition, fees, books and room and board for the academic year 2003-04. From Great Neck, N.Y., he holds a B.A. in economics from Yale University. In addition to his Hotel School studies, he serves on the Hotel School's Academic Integrity Hearing Board, and he is social chairman and a board member of the Hotel Graduate Student Organization. The Statler Foundation was created from the estate of hotelier Ellsworth M. Statler following his death in 1928. Its purpose is to support research work and train workers for the benefit of the hotel industry.