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Cornell professors vote to censure university administration for its handling of the alleged gang rape of a former student

29 October 2026 at 09:29

Cornell University took another step Wednesday in acknowledging responsibility over its handling of a complaint by a former student — whose identity remains anonymous and who is referred to as Jane Doe — against seven members of a fraternity at the elite New York state school who she accused of raping her in October 2024. The faculty governing body at Cornell, known as the Faculty Senate, will begin voting on a symbolic censure resolution to condemn how the university handled Jane Doe’s case.

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Cornell University has faced criticism over its handling of the student’s complaint.

‘Promising Young Woman’: a prescient film about how elite universities shield rapists

20 October 2026 at 15:06

You may have come across various reels in your Instagram feed over the past few weeks featuring the film Promising Young Woman, a feature in which Carey Mulligan plays a woman who takes revenge on the allies of rape culture, fully aware that her vendetta will cut short her promising future. The reason Emerald Fennell’s movie has returned to the zeitgeist six years after its release is that it bears striking similarities to the Cornell case, in which a former student at that prestigious university reported she had been gang-raped and assaulted by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity.

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Carey Mulligan in 'Promising Young Woman.'
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