Friday's resolution by academic staff is largely symbolic as they do not have the power to remove those in charge of the university.
The symbolic gesture reflects a deep discontent on the New York campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024.
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Cornell University’s Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday expressing no confidence in the university’s central administration and in its president Michael Kotlikoff over the school’s handling of alleged sexual assault on campus. CNN’s Gloria Pazmino reports.
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Faculty senate passed resolution expressing deep discontent with school’s response to alleged fraternity rape
Cornell University’s Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday expressing no confidence in the university’s central administration and in its president Michael Kotlikoff over the school’s handling of alleged sexual assault on campus.
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The New York attorney general’s office tapped a former federal prosecutor experienced in sex crime cases to lead the criminal investigation into allegations of sexual assault at Cornell University. CNN’s Kara Scannell reports.
The New York attorney general’s office tapped a former federal prosecutor experienced in sex crime cases to lead the criminal investigation into allegations of sexual assault at Cornell University.
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Jacqueline Kelly, who took part in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs case, will head criminal inquiry into 2024 incident at university
A onetime West Point cadet drugged his then-girlfriend in her barracks room, administered abortion pills to her against her will and caused a miscarriage. Then he went on to study at two Ivy League universities.
Fraternities have long been the setting for US college comedies, but have also been accused of fostering a culture permissive of sexual assault, substance abuse and hazing. So what are they?
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A recording of a closed-door meeting revealed some faculty sought to delay the vote, but others urged immediacy
"Survivors should be able to trust the institutions responsible for protecting them," New York Governor Kathy Hochul said.
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Cornell University’s faculty senate approved a resolution Wednesday to take up a vote of no confidence in the school’s executive leadership more than a month after a former student sued the school alleging she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house party in 2024. CNN’s Gloria Pazmino reports.
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A lawsuit by a former Cornell University student who says she was gang raped at a fraternity house has cast a harsh glare on the school’s handling of Title IX.
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Woman alleging frat-house rape had privacy and safety issues outweighing need to publicly identify her, judge says
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The woman, known anonymously as Jane Doe, alleged she was drugged and raped by several men on Cornell's campus.
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Mary Anne Franks has spent years fighting against online abuse. When people are abused with impunity, she says, the message becomes “We do not care about women’s voices.”
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The Cornell case shows how university bureaucracy discourages complaints and shields institutions.