Cornell faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in university leadership after alleged fraternity gang rape

Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday declaring “no confidence” in the school's top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024.The resolution passed 75-50, with five faculty senators abstaining and five others not voting, according to an email sent to members of the Faculty Senate on Friday afternoon.The vote followed weeks of debate among professors over whether Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff and other administrators handled the woman’s allegations properly and whether they've done enough to curtail sexual misconduct at the prestigious university.While the faculty body has no power over the university's top leaders, backers of the resolution had said they hoped it would pressure Cornell's trustees to urgently address what they viewed as longstanding institutional failures.Voting took place electronically over more than a week, with the