Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff announced the news in a letter addressed to the campus community, which said that the ban will be effective immediately. He also outlined ways that the university would work to improve how it handles allegations of sexual assault in the future. In addition to strengthening campus safety, he addressed the need to provide better support to survivors—which involves allowing the New York State Police to independently investigate sexual assault allegations—and change the social culture at the university.
The announcement comes about a month after a woman, known as Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit against several entities, including Cornell, the Chi Phi fraternity, and seven members of Chi Phi that she alleges sexually assaulted her in 2024. The case has made national headlines, and many people have criticized how Cornell and local authorities handled the incident. Hundreds of students and staff members held a protest on campus earlier this month, with some calling for Kotlikoff to resign and others chanting phrases like “Ban the frats!”
In his letter on Tuesday, Kotlikoff addressed the backlash, saying that his conversations with various members of the campus community and the campus protests “have underscored my deep conviction that we must do better: that the time for meaningful and lasting change at Cornell, and at campuses across the country, is now.”
Amid mounting pressure, Cornell’s Board of Trustees announced earlier this month that Sally Yates, a former acting U.S. attorney general, will lead an independent review into how the school handled the case. Kotlikoff also addressed the review in his letter, but said “it is clear that we cannot wait for these findings to take action.” Cooperation with the New York State Police would coincide with the independent review; Kotlikoff said in his letter that investigators will interview survivors who decide to pursue criminal charges and “prepare comprehensive investigative summaries for the appropriate law enforcement agency.”
Other measures that Kotlikoff announced include strengthening support for survivors, such as by adding staffers to the Cornell Office of Civil Rights, and “changing the social culture at Cornell” through several initiatives, such as enhancing “existing education and programming to address the bystander effect.”
“These are first steps toward systemic change on our campus,” Kotlikoff said. “We will take all necessary steps to address the conditions that led to Jane Doe’s experiences, and those of other survivors. Cornell must be a place where safety is not an open question.”
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