The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meeting of 2001 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 25 through 27.

The full board will meet from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, and the first 20 minutes of the meeting will be open to the public. The rest of that meeting and a meeting on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 9 to 11 a.m., will be closed. Both meetings will be in the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Education Center at 1300 York Ave. Among topics of discussion will be a report from President Hunter Rawlings. The board is expected to approve 2001-02 tuition rates for the endowed colleges.

In addition to the full board meetings, the following committees with open sessions will meet Thursday, Jan. 25, or Friday, Jan. 26:

• The Buildings and Properties Committee will have an open session when it meets at 2 p.m. Thursday in Room A-126 to review the status of a number of construction and renovation projects.
• The Audit Committee will have an open session at the beginning of its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Griffis Faculty Club. The committee's annual report will be presented.
• The Land Grant and Statutory College Affairs Committee will meet in open session at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Whitney 117. Items to be discussed at this open meeting include statutory tuition rates and the federal and state financial climate.
• The Committee on Academic Affairs and Campus Life will have a brief open session at its meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday in Room A-126. The committee will consider whether to establish a master of engineering degree in systems.

Tickets for the board of trustees meeting may be obtained by the general public on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall on Cornell's Ithaca campus.