The Cornell University Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca March 14 and 15.

The board will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 15, in the Trustee Meeting Room of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell campus. Approximately the first 45 minutes of the meeting will be open to the public. Topics will include a report from President Hunter Rawlings; a report on the Student Assembly by its president, senior Uzo Asonye; a report on the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly by the assembly's president, Patrick Carr; and an update on the state budget, including proposed statutory college tuition.

The following board committees will have open sessions Thursday, March 14:

• The Buildings and Properties Committee will meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Ballroom B of the Statler Hotel. A brief open session at the start of the meeting will include an update on the status of ongoing projects.
• The Committee on Academic Affairs and Campus Life will hold a brief open session at the beginning of its meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Yale-Princeton Room of the Statler Hotel. Topics will include approval of the minutes of the January meeting.
• The Committee on Land Grant and Statutory College Affairs will hold an open meeting from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Taylor A/B Room of the Statler Hotel. Topics will include SUNY relationships, preliminary contract college tuition recommendations and global poverty.

A limited number of tickets for the open session of the full board will be available starting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Information and Referral Center in the lobby of Day Hall. No tickets are needed for the open sessions of the committees.