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Cornell Faculty Senate Moves Ahead With No-Confidence Vote Over Handling of Rape Case

29 October 2026 at 01:24
After fierce debate, faculty members will begin voting Thursday on a resolution to condemn the administration’s handling of campus sexual assault.

Β© Lauren Petracca for The New York Times

Protests have been held on the Cornell campus since Jane Doe filed a lawsuit alleging she had been raped at a fraternity.

Cornell faculty to begin voting on no-confidence measure over handling of sexual assault allegations

Cornell University faculty will meet Wednesday to conclude debate and begin voting on a proposed no-confidence resolution in the university's administration following widespread frustration over its response to a woman who reported she was gang raped at a campus fraternity house in 2024.

Woman who accused Cornell students of rape says university president's response made her feel 'unsupported'

Her secondhand account of the president's remark, which Cornell disputes, comes as faculty prepare for a potential vote of no confidence in the Ivy League school's leadership.

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