Cornell University:

Founded In 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell is a private endowed university and the federal land-grant institution of New York State. It is a member of the Ivy League and a partner of the State University of New York system. Cornell has fourteen colleges and schools —seven undergraduate units and four graduate and professional units in Ithaca, two medical graduate and professional units in New York City, and one in Qatar. For more facts about Cornell University, see: http://www.cornell.edu/about/facts/.

Cornell Information Technologies (CIT), the host department for this conference, manages nine computer labs, a group of laptops, and over 30 email kiosks scattered around the campus and student living areas, totalling nearly 400 computers. Details about the CIT Computer Labs can be found at: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/labs/.

Ithaca area:

Ithaca is located in central New York, in the Finger Lakes region. Ithaca is approximately 4 hours from New York City and 1.5 hours from Syracuse.

Sites of interest:

• Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention & Visitors Bureau: www.visitithaca.com
• IthacaNet - Another great source for area information: www.ithacanet.org
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