ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Executive Committee of Cornell University's Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets in Manhattan at 11:30 a.m. April 18, at the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St.

The public session, for the meeting's first 20 minutes, will include a report from President Hunter Rawlings; a report from Provost Don M. Randel on the status of the state budget; and a recommendation on the 1997-98 capital budget request for the statutory colleges.

Tickets for the Executive Committee meeting may be obtained beginning Tuesday, April 16, for the general public at the Cornell's Information and Referral Center in Day Hall, Ithaca, and for the press at the Cornell News Service, 840 Hanshaw Road, Cayuga Heights.