Advisories
Cornell University trustees to meet in Ithaca, October 15-16
October 13, 2026
Media Contact
What
Cornell University Board of Trustees meetings
When
Thursday, October 15 and Friday, October 16, 2026
Where
The Statler Hotel and Myron Taylor Hall, Cornell University campus
Media
Some Cornell Board of Trustees meetings are open to media (details below).
Members of the media interested in coming to campus to cover any of these events must RSVP to Lindsey Knewstub at lmh267@cornell.edu by Wednesday, October 14 at 5 p.m.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell University Board of Trustees will have its regular fall semester meetings in Ithaca, October 15-16, 2026. The sessions below are open to the public:
Thursday, October 15:
The Buildings and Properties Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. in the ballroom at the Statler Hotel. The open session at the start of the meeting will include approvals of the minutes from a September meeting and a status report on the contract colleges.
The University Relations Committee will meet at 10:45 a.m. in the Taylor A/B Room at the Statler Hotel. The open session at the start of the meeting will include approval of the minutes from a May meeting, an update from Rachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Cornell Center on Democracy, on the center and America250, and an update from Charlie Kruzansky of the Office of State Relations on New York state matters related to Cornell and higher education.
Friday, October 16:
The Board of Trustees meeting will include an open session at 11:15 a.m. in 184 Myron Taylor Hall. The session will include memorial resolutions and updates from the Committee for Campus-Constituency-Elected Trustees and on Trustee-Council Weekend 2031.