Gifts presented to the President of Cornell University, Hunter Rawlings, on the occasion of his inauguration and as President of the University; items include a wooden plate and plaque from the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana; medallion from Universitas Comenana; ornate scroll weights from National University of Taiwan; and bronze wall plaque and notebook of Shanghaiana from the Cornell Club of Shanghai; plate from the University of Science and Technology in China; bowl from Chinese University of Hong Kong; medallion and banner from Nanjing University; plaques from the Cornell Club of Hong Kong; China Agricultural University; Peking University; Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association; medallion from the Chinese Academy of Science and map of the forbidden city.

Includes proclamation establishing the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in 2001.