Cornell students call for change amid reopened investigation into alleged assault

NPR | By Aurora Berry

Published October 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM CDT

Student groups at Cornell organized a seven-hour sit-in Wednesday to protest the University's handling of the 2024 rape allegations.

Aurora Berry

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