The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meetings of 2003 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 23 through 25.

The full board will meet from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24. The first hour of the afternoon meeting will be open to the public. The rest of those meetings and a meeting Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9 to 11 a.m., will be closed. The meetings will be in the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Education Center, 1300 York Ave. Among topics of discussion will be a report from President Hunter Rawlings and a report on the Land Grant Study conducted over the past year. The board is expected to approve 2003-04 tuition rates for the endowed colleges.

In addition to the full board meetings, the following committees with open sessions will meet Thursday, Jan. 23, or Friday, Jan. 24:

• The Buildings and Properties Committee will meet briefly in open session to discuss ongoing construction projects at the start of its meeting at 9 a.m., Thursday, in the Fall Creek Room.
• The Land Grant and Statutory College Affairs Committee will meet in open session at 2 p.m., Thursday, in the Fall Creek Room. Items to be discussed at this open meeting include contract college capital budgets and the state financial climate.
• The Audit Committee will have an open session at the beginning of its meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, in the Fall Creek Room. The committee's annual report will be presented.
• The Committee on Academic Affairs and Campus Life will have a brief open session at its meeting at 3:30 p.m., Friday, in Room A-126 for approval of minutes from the October meeting.

Tickets for the Board of Trustees meeting can be obtained by the general public on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall, Ithaca.