Agenda

1. Call to Order by the Speaker Howard Howland
2. Remarks by the Dean: J. Robert Cooke and Resolution to Honor Judith A. Bower on the Occasion of Her Forthcoming Retirement from Cornell University, Faculty Deaths
3. Remarks and Discussion: Provost-designate Biddy Martin
4. Approval of Minutes of the April 12 Faculty Senate Meeting
5. Report from the Nominations and Elections Committee: Professor Kathleen Rasmussen, Associate Dean and Secretary of the University Faculty
6. Resolution on Principles of Cooperation and Consultation Between the President and Faculty Senate: Professor Risa Lieberwitz
7. Report on Computing and Information Sciences: Vice Provost Bert Garza
8. Report from the Financial Policies Committee on their recent conversations with the President: Professor Thomas R. Dyckman
9. Update from the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Distance Learning: Professor William Arms
10. Resolution Authorizing the UFC to Consult with the Distance Learning Committee During the Summer: Professor Barry Carpenter
11. Resolution from the University Benefits Committee on TIAA’s 10-Year Exit Restriction: Professor Seymour Smidt, presenter; Professor Scott Maynes, discussant
12. Report from the Local Advisory Council on Review of Environmental Research at Cornell: Professor Persis Drell
13. Good and Welfare: Ethics and Student Life: Susan Murphy, Vice President for Student and Academic Services, and Professor Kathryn Abrams

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