Cornell faculty press ahead with no-confidence vote in handling of gang-rape case

A recording of a closed-door meeting revealed some faculty sought to delay the vote, but others urged immediate action Faculty members at Cornell University are pressing ahead with a no-confidence vote in campus leadership over its handling of a gang-rape scandal involving students at a fraternity at the Ivy League institution.

Cornell professors on Wednesday discussed, at an emotional faculty meeting, how the school’s leadership tackled a woman’s report that she was raped by at least seven male students at a fraternity house in 2024. Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following…