ITHACA, Oct. 14 -- Cornell University told its fraternities on Tuesday that the parties are over for the year, and told its students something harder: that women on campus "continue to question whether they are safe."

"I am deeply sorry for the harm Jane Doe suffered in 2024, and appalled that this act of sexual violence occurred within our Cornell community," President Michael Kotlikoff wrote in a letter to the campus. Doe, a former student, alleges in a civil lawsuit that she was drugged and gang raped by members of the Chi Phi fraternity at a party in October 2024. The district attorney did not prosecute in 2024, NPR reported. Gov. Kathy Hochul has since appointed Attorney General Letitia James special prosecutor, and James has called...