The following are brief reports from the Student Assembly (SA), Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA), Employee Assembly (EA) and University Assembly (UA). For more information, visit http://assembly.cornell.edu.

Recent meetings:

• EA: Oct. 3. Discussion with Paul Bursic, director of Benefit Services.
• SA: Oct. 4. Resolutions providing for the adoption of a diversity coalition, an SA vice president for diversity, and a committee application requirement for all SA membership candidates.

Upcoming meetings:

• SA: Oct. 11, 4:45 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall.
• EA: Oct. 15, 12:15 p.m., location to be announced.
• GPSA: Oct. 15, 5:30 p.m., Bache Auditorium, Malott Hall. Presentation and discussion on student housing. Presentation by Anne Poduska, graduate and international career adviser. Resolutions on changes to the GPSAFC funding guidelines appeals process (R6), Graduate and Professional Student Programming Board (GPSPB) charter edits (R7), Space Utilization Study Ad Hoc Committee (R8), and Big Red Barn smoking ban (R9).
• UA: Oct. 16, 4:30 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences.