Briefs

Trustees are meeting: The Cornell Board of Trustees is meeting on campus this week through Friday, March 12. The full board will have a brief open session beginning at 9 a.m. Friday in B09 Sage Hall. Topics will include a report from President Jeffrey Lehman; a report on the Student Assembly by its president, junior Nicholas J. Linder; a report on the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly by the assembly's president, Gavin J. Hurley; and approval of construction of the Riley-Robb Hall North Wing renovation. Tickets for the open session are available at the Information and Referral Center in the Day Hall lobby.

The following board committees will have open sessions today, March 11:

• The Buildings and Properties Committee will meet at 10 a.m. in the Yale-Princeton Room of the Statler Hotel. A brief open session at the start of the meeting will include an update on the status of ongoing projects and approval of construction of the Riley-Robb North Wing renovation.

• The Audit Committee will hold a brief open session at the start of its noon meeting in the Taylor A/B Room of the Statler Hotel. Topics will include approval of the January meeting minutes.

• The Committee on Academic Affairs and Campus Life will hold a brief open session at the beginning of its meeting at 4 p.m. in the Taylor A/B Room.

Goethe Prize: Submissions for the 2004 Goethe Prize, open to all students, are being sought. Essays can be in German or English on any topic connected with German literature or culture. Graduate students can win up to $500 with an essay that is 10 to 20 pages long; juniors and seniors can win up to $250 with a seven- to 15-page essay; and freshmen and sophomores can win up to $250 with a five- to 10-page essay. Essays should be submitted under an assumed name, but the author must indicate class (freshman, sophomore, etc.) on the essay and submit a sealed envelope containing his/her identity, student ID number and local address and telephone number. Each student can enter only one essay; former prize winners are not eligible, but winners in the freshman-senior competitions can enter the graduate competition when they have advanced to that status. The deadline is noon, April 15. Submit entries to the Dean of the University Faculty, 315 Day Hall. For more information, contact Gunhild Lischke, G75 Goldwin Smith Hall, 255-0725 or gl15@cornell.edu.