A Timeline of the Cornell University Rape Investigation NYT - Home Page By: Andrea Barnes 29 September 2026 at 22:56 Prosecutors have reopened an investigation into a former studentβs claims that several men sexually assaulted her in a campus fraternity house. Β© Heather Ainsworth for The New York TimesCornell University administrators and the Tompkins County district attorney are under pressure over their handling of a former studentβs allegations.