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Cornell president acknowledges he knew about fraternity sexual assault but didn’t follow up

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Michael Kotlikoff addressed his administration’s handling of the 2024 allegations as he faces calls for his resignation Michael Kotlikoff, the president of Cornell University, has spoken to the New York Times about sexual assault allegations at the school, acknowledging for the first time that he knew a student had reported being sexually assaulted in November 2024, but did not follow up with the Jane Doe involved in the months after learning about the alleged assault. He also revealed that he did not know she had dropped out of Cornell until she filed…

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Earth's "vital signs" pushed to record extremes in 2026, report says

Climate change pushed the Earth's environmental system to, and perhaps beyond, its limits in 2026, as several of its "vital signs" reached record extremes, researchers said in a new report on the state of the global climate. Of the 16 climate markers that researchers consider integral measures of how the Earth is doing, seven are currently at record extremes, while multiple others show evidence of accelerating or abruptly shifting, the report published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal BioScience said.

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