Taughannock Falls

XXXIVth Meeting of the
American Astronomical Society Division on Dynamical Astronomy
Cornell University  May 4-7, 2003

LOCAL INFORMATION

Campus Map

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.


Hotels:

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:

Travel & Transport

Ithaca is not easy to get to ("centrally isolated" is the motto of the town), so plan your trip early.   The Tompkins County Airport services Ithaca and can only be reached by USAirways.  The Statler Hotel (and other hotels) provide complimentary limousine service to and from the Ithaca/Tompkins County airport 7 days a week; call for advance reservations.  Alternative transportation is provided by the Ithaca Limousine service (607-273-3030).  The telephone number for USAir is (800) 428-4322. The Hancock Airport in Syracuse (315-454-4330), NY, about 1.5 hours drive from Ithaca, carries many major airline companies . Most major rental car companies also service Hancock Airport.

Rental Cars

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:

Avis and Hertz are located at the Tompkins County Airport, but others, Enterprise and National, are located elsewhere in Ithaca.  For directions, see the Map of Ithaca.
For directions to Ithaca from points elsewhere, see Directions to and from Ithaca.

Parking
 
Conference participants will be able to purchase parking permits as they enter campus on a daily basis.  The Statler Hotel will provide parking for overnight guests at a rate of $6.00 per car per night, based on availability.


Bus Lines

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


Athletic Facilities

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.

Audio-visual Facilities

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.

Internet access

The desks in the ampitheater each have ethernet connections.  The poster room will also have internet access.

Posters

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.