Associated Press: Cornell’s reckonings with fraternities haven’t prevented misconduct

September 30. 2026

Director of Gender-Based Violence Law Programs Maha Ibrahim is featured in the Associated Press discussing the Cornell Seven investigation being reopened the same day that the Trump Administration formalized the recission of the Biden-era Title IX regulations. Trump’s Title IX changes weaken protections for student survivors of sexual violence and LGBTQI+ students.

The people the woman says gang raped her were allowed to write essays to Cornell “to mitigate their conduct,” the woman’s lawsuit said. That’s unacceptable, said Maha Ibrahim, a director at Equal Rights Advocates, a nonprofit that represents survivors.

“There’s no schema where that’s an appropriate response to a gang rape,” Ibrahim said.

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