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Cornell students stage 7-hour sit-in over school’s handling of alleged 2024 gang rape investigation

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Students at Cornell University held a sit-in on Wednesday to protest the school's response to its investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape.

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  1. Cornell president calls alleged gang rape ‘deeply disturbing,’ pledges greater transparency

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  2. For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw

    Headline from Philadelphia Inquirer ·

  3. Students protest Cornell's response to gang rape complaint

    Headline from WPRI Providence ·

  4. Cornell rape case is a single dot in a long timeline of women’s abuse

    Headline from The Boston Globe ·

  5. Local resources talk Cornell case's impact

    Headline from KELOLAND Sioux Falls ·

  6. Faculty at Cornell University preparing for no-confidence vote against administration

    Headline from WHEC Rochester ·

  7. Students turn on Cornell’s president over the school’s handling of gang rape allegations

    Headline from WHEC Rochester ·

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    Cornell students stage 7-hour sit-in over school’s handling of alleged 2024 gang rape investigation

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  1. The Guardian

    The horror of the Cornell rape case is how ordinary it is | Moira Donegan (opens The Guardian)

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    Many men rape; many men giggle encouragingly, or shrug indifferently, when their friends rape. Many men rape, and few seem to think that it’s a very big deal Maybe more than anything else, sexual violence is repetitive.

  2. Townhall

  3. Washington Examiner

    Hochul says she’s ‘deeply disturbed’ by handling of Cornell rape case (opens Washington Examiner)

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    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said she was “deeply disturbed” by how Cornell University police and the Tompkins County district attorney’s office handled allegations of a 2024 sexual assault at the university.

  4. CBS News

    Jane Doe's attorney says "she was incapable of consent," alleges cover-up (opens CBS News)

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    Jane Doe's attorney, Thomas Giuffra, tells CBS News the investigation into her alleged rape at a Cornell fraternity was a failure and university police "were in over their heads."

  5. NBC New York

    Cornell president: alleged gang rape ‘deeply disturbing,' vows more transparency (opens NBC New York)

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    Cornell’s president called the alleged gang rape of a student at a fraternity house in 2024 “deeply disturbing” Saturday, said it would weigh on the university for years to come and pledged greater transparency amid mounting outrage over the school’s handling of the case.

  6. MyNorthwest

    Cornell president calls alleged gang rape ‘deeply disturbing,’ pledges greater transparency (opens MyNorthwest)

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    Cornell’s president called the alleged gang rape of a student at a fraternity house in 2024 “deeply disturbing” Saturday and said it would weigh on the university for years to come, as he pledged greater transparency amid mounting outrage over the school’s handling of the case.

  7. Bloomberg

    Cornell President Says He Is ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Rape Case (opens Bloomberg)

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    Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff said he was “deeply disturbed” by a student’s 2024 rape allegation that has drawn national outrage.

  8. New York Times

    A Campus Reckoning: ‘Cornell Is Now Known for This’ (opens New York Times)

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    Accusations of sexual assault at a fraternity party have tarnished the self-image of a fiercely proud Ivy League institution. Can the university ever be the same?

  9. NBC Los Angeles

    Cornell student who gave police leads in alleged rape says she feels ‘betrayed' over its handling (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    View of Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, on July 13, 2025.

  10. KBRW

    How the Cornell case is affecting women who have experienced sexual assault (opens KBRW)

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    The rape allegations that have emerged from a Cornell University frat house are leading many women to remember their own experiences — and call for a wider reckoning over sexual violence.

  11. KIYU 88.1 Galena, AK

    Cornell president calls gang rape allegations ‘deeply disturbing’ (opens KIYU 88.1 Galena, AK)

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    Cornell president Michael I. Kotlikoff said his university “must do better” in a video statement. “This is a defining moment in Cornell’s history,” he added. (Image credit: Matt Rourke)

  12. Washington Examiner

    Jane Doe lawyer rips Trump’s ‘fair shake’ remark in Cornell rape case: ‘Just wrong’ (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The attorney representing the 20-year-old former Cornell University student identified as Jane Done, who was allegedly gang-raped by a group of fraternity brothers, condemned President Donald Trump for claiming the accused will not get a “fair shake” because New York Attorney General Letitia James i…

  13. Philadelphia Inquirer

    For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.

  14. The College Fix

    ‘Deeply disturbing’: Cornell president breaks silence on frat assault allegations (opens The College Fix)

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    President pledges to ‘strengthen prevention and education,’ expand student support The “deeply disturbing” sexual assault allegations rocking Cornell University’s campus are a “defining moment” in the school’s history, President Michael Kotlikoff said, breaking his silence on the matter in a video s…

  15. Triblive

    Cornell University sexual assault case puts microscope on prevention and policies at Pittsburgh-area colleges (opens Triblive)

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    The way college students educate themselves about issues of sexual violence or rape has changed drastically over the years, said Chris Purcell, vice president of student affairs and dean of students at Chatham University.

  16. ABC News

    Phone calls, records suggest some Cornell students tried to contain rape allegations (opens ABC News)

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    ABC News has reviewed records from Cornell’s internal investigation — which began in November 2024 and lasted through May 2025.

  17. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Phone calls, records suggest some Cornell frat brothers tried to contain 'gang rape' allegations (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    ABC News has reviewed records from Cornell’s internal investigation — which began in November 2024 and lasted through May 2025.

  18. Democracy Now

    "I Am Jane Doe": Cornell Case Reignites Debate over Rape Culture, Frats & Prosecuting Sex Crimes (opens Democracy Now)

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    Revelations of sexual assault at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 and how the university responded have sparked national outrage, reigniting a public debate about “the extent to which fraternities, the extent to which athletics really support this kind of culture that allows perpetrators to e…

  19. Watch Dog Report

    Cornell Promises DEEP Review After Assault Claims (opens Watch Dog Report)

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    When a university president moves from platitudes to an on-camera pledge to interrogate campus culture and invite outside scrutiny, it signals more than crisis communications; it marks an institutional recognition that a single case has exposed systemic obligations the school can no longer meet with…

  20. New York Times

    As Students Protest Handling of Cornell Sexual Assault Case, a Building Is Vandalized (opens New York Times)

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    An administration building was defaced and a glass door smashed early Monday after an emotional week following revelations about 2024 sexual assault allegations.

  21. Washington Examiner

    Cornell fraternity brother detailed memory of night of alleged rape in leaked phone call (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A former Cornell University fraternity member detailed his recollection of the night a woman alleged she was gang-raped and forcibly drugged in a recorded phone call. The woman, who is identified as “Jane Doe” in a lawsuit filed Sept.

  22. The College Fix

    BREAKING: Cornell activists trash admin. building in solidarity with alleged rape victim (opens The College Fix)

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    Activists’ manifesto: ‘Property damage is not violent; condoning rape is.’ At around 3 a.m. early this morning, Cornell University activists angry at the alleged rape of a student by members of a fraternity trashed the school’s main administrative building via smashed windows and red spray-painted m…

  23. New York Post

    Cornell student who tipped off police to sick Cornell 7 chats rips response: ‘We all feel betrayed’ (opens New York Post)

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    Doe had reportedly gone over to Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity house for a threesome that had "gone off the rails," the student recalled, adding that she remembered being "really horrified by it."

  24. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Cornell building is sprayed with graffiti blasting school's response to gang rape complaint (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Cornell’s main administration building has been splashed with graffiti and a glass door was broken

  25. WDIO Duluth

    A crowd of students protests Cornell’s response to gang rape complaint (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Cornell students, professors and others are thronging a campus plaza to protest the university’s response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house in 2024. Students complained at Monday's demonstration that the Ivy League university has met sexual assault complaints with procedures and…

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