ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meetings of 2005 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 21 and 22.

The full board will meet from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. The first 15 minutes of the afternoon session will be open to the public. The rest of the meetings and a meeting Saturday, Jan. 22, from 9 to 11:45 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 Jeffrey Lehman and reports from the chairs of the standing committees of the board.

In addition to the full board meetings, the following committees with open sessions will meet Thursday, Jan. 20, Friday, Jan. 21, or Saturday, Jan. 22:

• The Buildings and Properties Committee will meet briefly in open session to approve project and budget status reports at its 9:30 a.m. meeting, Thursday, at the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St.
• The Audit Committee will have an open session at the beginning of its meeting at 4 p.m., Thursday, at the Cornell Club of New York, during which various reports will be discussed, including the annual report.
• 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 at Weill Cornell Medical College for approval of research scientist and principal research scientist titles.
• The Land Grant and Statutory College Affairs Committee will meet in open session at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, in Room A-126. Reports to the committee will be presented by Provost Biddy Martin, Vice Provost Francille Firebaugh and two vice presidents, Carolyn Ainslie and Van McMurtry. There also will be a panel presentation on distributed systems of outreach and applied research.

Tickets for the open session of the board of trustees meeting can be obtained by the general public on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at noon Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall, Ithaca.

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EDITORS: Tickets to the Cornell Board of Trustees meetings are available to news media. Contact Simeon Moss at the Cornell Press Office, (607) 255-2281.