The Chronicle's coverage of a Big Red week

It was a busy and joyful week for Cornellians. Jeffrey S. Lehman was inaugurated as president in ceremonies on three Cornell campuses around the globe, Oct. 12-16. In addition, Cornell's annual Trustee/Council Weekend on campus Oct. 16-18 featured many special events, including Lehman's first State of the University address. Here's what's included:

Inaugural events in Ithaca

• President invokes a 'revolutionary' and 'beloved' Cornell
• CU president proposes a new agreement on contributions to city
• Inauguration Day lecturers reflect the intellectual diversity of the campus
• Justice Ginsburg praises Cornell's longtime vision of equal education
• President's Inauguration Day ends with an out-of-this-world flourish
• A few selected scenes from Cornell's historic inauguration festivities
• Photos from inaugural events

Inaugural events in NYC

• Dignitaries and fellow Cornellians welcome Lehman at breakfast
• President stresses collaboration, and Fauci counsels inoculation
• A tree helps display university's presence in New York City
• CIT improvements helped bring inauguration to any person, anywhere

And for more extensive coverage, including webcasts, view the official inauguration page at: http://www.inauguration.cornell.edu/

Trustee/Council Weekend

• The state of the university 'is wonderful,' Lehman reports to Cornellians
• Trustees begin to answer President Lehman's 'call to engagement'
  October 23, 2003

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