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Cornell University

Office of the Dean of Faculty

Connecting & Empowering Faculty

University Lectures Committee (ULC)

Administers the University and Messenger Lecture Programs.


Members

Arts & Sciences
Term Ends: 6/30/25

Director, University Press
Ex Officio

Arts & Sciences
Chair
Term Ends: 6/30/26

CALS
Term Ends: 6/30/26

Engineering
Term Ends: 6/30/25

AAP
Term Ends: 6/30/27

Arts & Sciences
Term Ends: 6/30/25

Veterinary Medicine
Term Ends: 6/30/27

Associate Dean of Faculty
Ex Officio

Dean of Faculty
Ex Officio


Bylaws

Charge

Administers the University and Messenger Lecture Programs. The committee shall administer the several University lecture funds and serve informally as a clearinghouse for other general lectures and scheduling.

Composition

Seven members of the Faculty appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Nominations and Elections Committee, with the concurrence of the Faculty Senate, for terms of four years. Two students appointed by the Committee and the University Publisher as an additional ex officio member.


Adopted by the University Faculty, April 19, 1933, Records, p. 1793; February 10, 1954, Records, p. 2729; November 12, 1947, Records, p. 2478. FCR, May 16, 1973, Records, p. 4173C; September 1, 1974, Records, pp. 4310-11C; December 9, 1987, Records, pp. 6530-44C, Appendices A and B. Changed to reflect amendments to Organization and Procedures of the University Faculty, October 1995.


Where not listed as a member or chair, both the Dean of Faculty and the Associate Dean and Secretary of the Faculty, shall be a ex officio members of each committee of the University Faculty and each committee of the Senate. (Faculty Handbook, Article V Section D Part 7) (Faculty Handbook, Article VI Section A Part 3)

Past Annual Reports

Tariq Ramadan, professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford, delivers a Messenger Lecture on "Muslims in the West."

Send questions to Coordinator Jill Short