NBC News reported Cornell's Faculty Senate voted no confidence, 75-50. The university printed 55.6 percent and did not print that tally.

75-50, with five abstentions and five not voting, is 135. The university says the senate has 135 senators. The percentages match that total only if the ten who did not vote yes or no are combined. A faculty resolution does not remove the president, and it is not a criminal charge. The woman in the lawsuit is Jane Doe. She is not named here.

NBC News, by Shayna Jacobs, published Nov. 6, 2026, at 3:54 p.m. EST and updated at 4:27 p.m. EST, reported that members of the Cornell University faculty senate on Friday issued a vote of no confidence in the administration's ability to manage the response to an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity house in 2024, according to the university. It reported the resolution states that the body "has no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault at Cornell University." It reported the resolution does not recommend removals. It reported the vote passed 75-50, with five abstentions and five members not voting, according to a copy of the results obtained by NBC News. According to the university, in that lede, and according to a copy of the results obtained by NBC News, on the tally, are not the same attribution. Cornell University, in a statement dated Nov. 6, 2026, printed the resolution with an ellipsis: a resolution expressing "...no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault at Cornell University." The ellipsis is on the university page. It is not in the NBC News quotation. The university statement says the resolution passed with 55.6 percent voting in favor and 37 percent voting against, with 7.4 percent abstaining or not voting. It does not print 75, 50, five, or five. It says the Faculty Senate is a shared governance body of 135 senators, not including Weill Cornell Medicine, and that Cornell's faculty comprises 3,025 members. 75 and 50 and five and five are 135. 75 of 135, rounded to one decimal, is 55.6 percent. 50 of 135, rounded to the nearest percent, is 37 percent. Ten of 135, the abstentions and the members not voting added together, rounded to one decimal, is 7.4 percent. Abstaining or not voting, as one percentage, and five abstentions plus five members not voting, as two counts, are not the same sentence. A senate of 135, and a faculty of 3,025, are not the same body. NBC News says the vote will not directly affect leadership decisions, including whether President Michael Kotlikoff remains in his role. The university statement, issued for the Board of Trustees by Board Chair Anne Smalling, says the board remains confident that President Kotlikoff and his administration are the right leaders. NBC News attributes that confidence to chair Anne Meinig Smalling. Anne Meinig Smalling, and Anne Smalling, are not the same printed name. A resolution that does not recommend removals, and a board that says he is the right leader, are the same afternoon. They are not the same act.

NBC News quoted the sponsors: "It is a call for real, systemic change; not a slow-moving taskforce, weakly enforced ban on fraternity parties, or expensive [public relations] damage control, but meaningful, evidence-based steps to reduce the incidence of sexual assault on campus and provide significant support to and justice for survivors." The brackets around public relations are on the NBC News page. NBC News quoted Jane Doe's attorney, Thomas Giuffra: "We are hopeful that this will be yet another step forward to educate and support the Cornell community by addressing the longstanding scourge of sexual assault on campus." NBC News reported a proposal to postpone the no-confidence decision failed to pass at the Senate's Oct. 28 meeting, and that senators had debated waiting until after an outside review by former acting attorney general Sally Yates, commissioned by the board of trustees. The university statement calls her former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates. Former acting attorney general, and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General, are not the same title. The Q. is on the university statement. NBC News does not print it. NBC News does not print a vote count for the Oct. 28 postponement. A failed postponement is not Friday's tally. The university statement says the Yates review will identify what more needs to be fixed, and that the board is committed to sharing the results. A review that is still ahead, and a vote that has already been counted, are not the same step.

NBC News reported the former student, known as Jane Doe, alleged she was sexually assaulted at the Chi Phi fraternity house from Oct. 19 to 20, 2024, in a lawsuit she filed in September. The woman is Jane Doe in that story and in the university statement. She is not named here. NBC News reported all seven men accused in the incident deny the allegations, that two were expelled after an internal civil rights proceeding, and that others faced less severe punishments from the school. A campus expulsion is a school result. It is not a criminal conviction. NBC News reported Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said he declined to pursue a criminal case in November 2024. It reported Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James last month to investigate and consider whether criminal charges are supported. Last month, on a Nov. 6 story, is not a date. NBC News reported two of the defendants initiated court proceedings aimed at disqualifying James. It reported that on Thursday several defendants joined an Article 78 proceeding in Sullivan County that lawyers for Gillio Lopes had filed. It names Diego Sarabia, Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, and Winston Lee as co-defendants in Jane Doe's lawsuit who were added to the petition in support of Lopes's request. It reported two remaining defendants, Matthew Ingalls and Jonathan Newell, do not have representation in the civil case and did not respond to Lopes's attorneys. Two who initiated proceedings, four names added Thursday, Lopes as the filer, and two who did not respond, are not the same count. NBC News reported that on Wednesday James announced the appointment of former federal prosecutor Jacqueline Kelly to lead a team under James. It reported Lopes's lawyers argued that unless James recuses herself, the appointment does not change their position. It reported James has said her office is fully capable of a fact-based, unbiased review, and that she has said her comments were an expression of empathy for Jane Doe. It reported Lee's attorney previously filed a separate motion in Tompkins County Supreme Court to block James from any grand jury proceeding, and that a decision is expected Nov. 13. Nov. 13 is a date on a different motion. It is not Friday's faculty tally, and it is not a criminal charge. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.