From Inside Higher Ed: Cornell University will re-examine its sexual assault prevention and response efforts and take a “serious look at the role of fraternities and sororities in campus life,” President Michael Kotlikoff said in a video statement... Kotlikoff called what happened to the student, known as Jane Doe, “deeply disturbing.” ...
In the weeks since Doe made her experience public in a lawsuit against Cornell and the seven men she alleges raped her, the Ivy League university’s response to sexual assault on campus—as well as its efforts to prevent sexual violence in the first place—have come under intense scrutiny from students, employees, alumni and the general public.
...Campus tensions ran high [last] Monday. Anonymous activists smashed a glass door and spray-painted “SMASH THE PATRIARCHY” and “AT CORNELL RAPISTS ARE PROTECTED PROTESTORS ARE EXPELLED” on the walls of an administrative building... “We wanted to ensure that Day Hall, the center of Cornell’s administrative function, was not able to continue business as usual,” the activists wrote in a statement...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced... that Cornell had agreed to an independent investigation of how it handled the rape allegation; Kotlikoff said... that the Board of Trustees plans to share details about that investigation this week...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2026/10/06/cornell-will-take-serious-look-role-greek-life.
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