XXXIVth Meeting of the
LOCAL INFORMATION
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Here we display a map of the campus with the locations of the Johnson Art Museum, the Statler hotel, and the Space Sciences Building. For more detailed maps go to Campus Maps.
The conference will be held on campus at the Statler
Hotel , where we have reserved a block of rooms at the substantially
reduced rates of $135 for a double room, $125 for a single; in order to
obtain these rates, please identify yourself as attending the "Dynamical
Astronomy" meeting. Call 1-800-541-2501 for direct reservations.
A one-night deposit on a credit card will be required. Check-in is
at 3:00pm. The DDA's use of the Statler facilities is contingent
on our rental of 40 rooms.
These rooms must be reserved by April 13
2003; after this date any unused portion of our block will be released
for general sale. This hotel is located in the center of campus;
its guest rooms are typical of a modern US hotel.
There are a few other accomodations, including a rooming house and
a B&B, nearby. Chain motels are several miles off campus, but
some provide van service to campus. Some other options are:
Cars will not be needed for the meeting, but if you want to rent a car there are four companies in Ithaca that offer such service:
Some may prefer to drive privately.
Bus lines provide service from Syracuse, New York City, or other points to Ithaca. For directions around Ithaca, see the Map of Ithaca. For directions to Ithaca from points elsewhere, see Directions to and from Ithaca.
Dining &Entertaining in Ithaca and Surroundings
Ithaca, the home of Cornell University and Ithaca College, is often ranked in the top ten small towns in the U.S. (e.g., NYTimes article on 10/25/02). Here is a list of dining places and entertainment venues:
Dining on and near campus
Dining in Ithaca
Entertainment
in Ithaca
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Cornell
Concert Series
Corning Museum of Glass
Eastman Museum of Photography
Finger Lakes
Wineries
Niagara Falls
Paleontological Research Institute
Sciencecenter
Helen Newman Hall (10 minutes from Statler) and the Teagle/Schoellkopf
(2 minutes from Statler) gymnasia are fully equipped with swimming pools,
exercise machines, and locker room facilities. For more details on hours
of operation, see the Web site: Cornell
Fitness Centers. Alternatively, the YMCA (phone (607-257-0101)
has a gymnasium, a swimming pool, exercise machines, and the usage fee
is $6/day. The YMCA is conveniently located near the Clarion and Ramada
Inn hotels.
Reception
The opening reception will be held at the Statler (Yale/Princeton rooms)
on Sunday (5/4/2003, 7-10pm). Hors d'oeuvres, featuring NY foods
and sufficient for dinner, will be served. Soft drinks, local wines
and beers will be available. Dessert and coffee will also be
served. The cost is included in the meeting's registration fee.
Banquet
The banquet will take place at Taughannock Farms Inn, a Victorian hotel overlooking a state park along NY Rte. 89 about 10 km north of Ithaca on the west shore of Cayuga Lake near a 70-m waterfall. In lieu of a banquet speaker, weather willing, we will walk on a trail into the waterfall with few local geology experts; the Finger Lakes are renowned geological sites for glacial terrain. The region displays both Devonian statigraphy and Quaternary geomorphology. Buses will leave the Statler at 5:30pm (for the hike or early stop at the lounge) and 6:30pm (dinner only). Some may prefer to drive privately. Dinner will be served at 7:30pm. The cost, including transportation, will be $50. The meal will include appetizer (soup or sausage plate), salad, entree (Portobella mushroom Wellington, roast pork loin or roast turkey), dessert (peppermint ice cream roulade, chocolate mousse or blackberry trifle), two glasses of local wine and unlimited coffee/tea/soft drinks. On registration, please select your entree.
The ampitheater has state-of-the-art facilities. We will have two overhead projectors (one for large screen, one for small), two slide projectors and an LCD projector. Please alert cuk@astro.cornell.edu for any special needs by no later than 1 May.
The desks in the ampitheater each have ethernet connections. The poster room will also have internet access.
We have one wall that can hold ten posters. On the opposite side of the room we will use easels plus poster boards for another ten posters. The room has internet access.