A new partnership between the Billion Oyster Project and NYC Ferry is using New York Harbor as a hands-on learning environment for students across the city. Starting this school year, the harbor will give thousands of students an opportunity to explore marine science up close and personal.

The 90-minute educational trips will take place during off-peak ferry travel hours on school days throughout the academic year. The goal is to bring approximately 10,000 students aboard each year to learn about marine ecology, oyster restoration and climate resilience.

"There's a lot of people that are relying on NYC Ferry every single day, but during those off-peak hours, we have a little bit more capacity and this is a great opportunity to use it," said James Wong, executive director of NYC Ferry.

For some students, that exposure could help shape their future.

"Thousands of students will have the opportunity to see New York in a whole new way," said Pete Malinowski, president and CEO of the Billion Oyster Project.

Sara Soto, a senior at Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, said she hopes to become a marine biologist.

"It's definitely like an experience that opens like your eye, and like your imagination, and how you perceive the city," Soto said.

For fellow senior Jocsan Rojas, an early introduction to the Billion Oyster Project sparked an interest. The Sunset Park, Brooklyn, native is now studying vessel operations.

"It's important to let people know about the opportunities they have. I know a lot of people from Sunset and my background don't know and like they're shocked when they hear you take a boat to school every day," Rojas said.

Michael Hojnacki, principal of New York Harbor School, said introducing students to careers on the water can open doors to careers they may not have previously considered.

"Maritime careers are a big industry. It's booming right now, from being ship captains, deck hands to building ships, building submarines, welding underwater," Hojnacki said.

Brooklyn City Council Member Lincoln Restler said the Harbor School's model proved the interest is there.

"This is really going to capture the imagination of young people all across the city," he said.

Educators interested in bringing their students aboard can contact the Billion Oyster Project, which is leading the educational programming.

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"We had no idea this was coming our way," Andrew Garufi said. 

Christ the King Kids in Middle Village serves children from six weeks to 5 years old, offering extended hours to accommodate working parents. But in an Oct. 28 letter to families, school leadership announced it would close in July, citing the retirement of its principal.

"I opened up my email, and I cried at my desk," Stephanie McDougall said. "The closing of this daycare and preschool is devastating for my family."

Parents say they were offered little explanation for the decision.

"We didn't even hear about money or anything like that, just that it's going to close, like we were insignificant," grandmother Debra Garibaldi Chan said.

They say the school has been a community pillar for three decades.

"We have families from Ridgewood, from Bushwick, from Rego Park, Forest Hills," McDougall said.

Councilmember Phil Wong says the school remains in high demand with a waitlist.

"I have emailed the school, and I asked them to reconsider," he said. "We need these services."

Parents say the lack of comparable care could force families to look elsewhere.

"There is no other option for infant care in the area at all," Garufi said.

"I don't want to see these families move out to Long Island because they have the services. I want to see them stay here," Garibaldi Chan said.

The planned closure comes as a neighboring charter school seeks to expand its enrollment.

Christ the King Kids, which has more than 200 students, shares a campus with Christ the King High School and Middle Village Preparatory Charter School.

In a public notice posted Oct. 13, SUNY Charter Schools Institute said, "The school requests an enrollment revision to add an elementary school program starting in the 2027-28 school year with 360 students in grades K-1 and 5 for a total of 815 students in grades K-1 and 5-8 for the 2027-28 school year."

Some parents say the expansion comes at the expense of a greater community need.

"We don't have need for another grammar school in the area," McDougall said. "This will have devastating impact on the nearby Catholic schools, and it leaves many families, especially those with young children and infants, without a viable childcare option."

Christ the King Kids, Christ the King High School, Middle Village Preparatory Charter School, and the Diocese of Brooklyn did not respond to CBS News New York's requests for comment.

A post to the Christ the King High School Instagram account said Middle Village Prep plans to offer a position to every current daycare and pre-K staff member.

The post continued, "We understand that change brings questions. Timelines, campus arrangements and next steps will be shared as plans are finalized. We look forward to the continued growth of Middle Village Prep and Christ the King High School on our campus." 

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It's a major rebuke of the university's leadership.   

Members of the faculty told CBS News New York the resolution questioned whether Cornell's administration can effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault on campus.   

The vote, which passed 75-50, is largely symbolic and does not require university leadership to step down. Five faculty senators abstained and five others did not vote. 

"We distanced ourselves from this leadership and said they don't speak for us. They are not the Cornell we know and love," resolution co-sponsor and faculty senator Iris Packman said. "Our vision for Cornell is one of zero tolerance for sexual assault." 

The vote follows weeks of outrage over Cornell's handling of sexual assault allegations, including Jane Doe's 2024 alleged gang rape case. All seven men accused of wrongdoing in her lawsuit deny the allegations. 

"We created this resolution after hearing from scores of current students, alumni, staff and faculty that the Jane Doe case was the tip of an iceberg," resolution sponsor Paul Ortiz said. 

"This vote is a reckoning for our University. It is a call for real, systemic change; not a slow-moving taskforce, weakly enforced ban on fraternity parties, or expensive PR 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," sponsors of the measure said in a statement. 

"We believe that the Faculty Senate did not reach this decision lightly and considered all available information," Doe's attorney Thomas Giuffra said in a statement. "We are hopeful that this will be yet another step forward to educate the Cornell community by addressing the longstanding scourge of sexual assault on campus." 

"In the 56 years since the establishment of the Faculty Senate at Cornell, the body has never taken such a significant step to condemn the actions of leadership," Cornell's chapter of the American Association of University Professors said in a statement. "President Kotlikoff and [Vice President of Student and Campus Life Ryan] Lombardi have failed in their attention to student well-being and accountability. For Cornell to restore good faith and confidence in democratic governance for shaping positive reforms, there must be a change in leadership."

After the vote, Anne Meinig Smalling, the chair of Cornell's Board of Trustees, said the board "fully supports" Kotlikoff and his administration. 

"Today's Faculty Senate vote reflects the deep anger across our campus and sends a clear signal that what happened to Jane Doe is unacceptable. There is no place for sexual violence on the Cornell campus. We support President Kotlikoff's commitment to taking all necessary steps to ensure students are safe on campus and working together as a community to help prevent this from happening again," Smalling said. "The Board of Trustees remains confident that President Kotlikoff and his administration are the right leaders to thoughtfully and comprehensively address the serious problem of sexual assault on our campus. This confidence is rooted not only in the administration's actions to date and plans moving forward but also in its track record of navigating complex problems, as it did in restoring federal funding, preserving free speech, and leading the University through COVID."

Smalling said Kotlikoff and his administration "have a plan that is focused on strengthening student safety, improving support for survivors, and addressing aspects of our campus culture that must change."

"The Board fully supports President Kotlikoff and his administration as they continue to listen and act decisively in support of students," Smalling said.   

She said the independent investigation led by former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates "will identify what more needs to be fixed." 

Kotlikoff has acknowledged shortcomings in the university's response and announced new safety measures, including a ban on fraternity parties and an agreement with New York State Police to investigate sexual assault complaints. 

The no-confidence measure's sponsors accused the administration of "repeated attempts to silence us."

"The faculty have come together to express our discontent and to demand that Cornell do better. We are speaking up for our students, colleagues, staff and alumni who have called on us to hold the administration accountable. From addressing the root causes of rape culture on campus to calling out the ways Title IX has been weaponized against survivors, we will use our collective voice to bring about real change," the sponsors said. "We're looking at next steps for concrete change: addressing hazing and fraternity culture; demanding transparency from the administration, including seeing the full Yates report; reforming the Title IX process and sanctions to hold perpetrators accountable; working with outside law enforcement agencies for independent, trauma-informed investigations; and improving support for survivors.

"Now we begin the process of rebuilding our beloved university into what we all know and believe it can be: a place of learning and growth; curiosity and discovery; and safety and belonging."

"This is about the kind of university that we want Cornell to be, and we want it to be one that prioritizes students over reputation," one Cornell student said. 

A little more than 200 students walk the halls, with 19 different languages spoken. But there was a 68% chronic absenteeism rate and a 76% attendance and graduation rate, which is a failing grade by most administrators' standards. 

The transformation of the school has been nothing short of miraculous, and it all started with principal Valrie Wauchope. 

"The students did not seem engaged, and I knew that right away there was an urgency to ensure that our children were placed at the center of every decision that we had to make to improve everything in the school," she said.

During her first year, she said she hired a new assistant principal, guidance counselors and teachers. 

"The first thing when hiring is that whomever I hire in my school, they have to love children and they have to see the urgency in supporting every child," she said. "And for our lovely teachers who are already here, we provided them with the resources, the love and the support they needed to make their classrooms warm, welcoming, and inviting."

Now, the halls are filled with students excited about being present, and in return, they receive teachers who care and a pathway to success.

School counselor Raisa Vasquez said her students want to be there.

"I have seniors who ask me to make their schedule longer because they don't want to go home and they want to stay here with us. We make it fun. We make, we have a healthy environment and they love being here with and we love to have them," she said.

Assistant principal Jamin Harris said he noticed right away that students needed love when he started working there.

"So when I got on board, it was like, OK, how can we make school fun for them? How can we bring the love into the classroom?"

Students say it's about community, communication and a sense of belonging.

One student said the school has expanded and added new AP courses. Another said the teachers and staff are warm and welcoming.

The students now have a vested interest in their school. Their work appears in museums, and they travel internationally on school trips.

English teacher Chris Slaughter compared it to a runner's high.

"It's like we got them running, right, and they've gotten the extra win, and now they're just kind of rolling in cruise control right now. It took a while to get them to the cruise control level and just kinda maybe being able to elevate and going a little bit higher than before," he said.

Wauchope said the change has been dramatic.

"This past school year, we ended with a 99% graduation rate. It was almost 100, but the DOE does not count the GED, so we had one student who got their GED," she said. "But every single child who came into our school graduated with a pathway to success. So they are either in trade school or they're on to a two or four-year college."

Harris credits the principal.

"She knows what she wants. She's here for children. She puts them first, and that's the vision," he said. 

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that more than 12,000 children across the city will have access to 2-K starting in fall 2027.

The initial rollout of the free childcare program for 2-year-olds included 2,000 seats for residents of Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. Staten Island was notably left out.

Now, all of Staten Island and every Bronx school district will have 2-K seats available. The city is also expanding capacity in the five districts already offering the program.

"For far too many New York City families, the joy of welcoming a child comes with a terrifying set of questions: How will I afford childcare? Will I need to give up my job? Will I be forced to leave the city I love? Today, for 10,000 more families, we have an answer," Mamdani said. "From Co-op City in the Bronx to Staten Island's South Shore, we're bringing 2-K to every borough and making New York City more affordable for working people. Families have told us what they need. Together with Gov. Hochul, we are delivering."

More than 5,700 families applied for the initial program, which operated on a full-day, full-year schedule. It runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 260 days a year.

Each seat is expected to save families an average of $26,000 a year.

The state funded the first 2,000 seats and previously said it would pay for the program's first two years.

Hochul, who committed $1.2 billion to support early childhood education in the city, said she would continue to find state funds to support further expansions.

"This is what government is all about -- helping our people, lifting this up, supporting our kids, supporting our families," Hochul said.

Comptroller Mark Levine said the program is a way to stamp out migration, people moving away because they can't afford to live here.

"This city is a magnet for young people in their 20s. Young people in their 20s, whether they grew up here or come from elsewhere, they want to be in New York City, but we are losing those same New Yorkers when they start to form families," Levine said.

More information about the fall 2027 application timeline will be announced in the coming weeks, according to city officials.

The following school districts will have 2-K seats in addition to every district on Staten Island and in the Bronx:

Manhattan

• School District 4: East Harlem; Randall's Island
• School District 5: Central Harlem; East Harlem; Manhattanville / West Harlem; Morningside Heights; Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill

Brooklyn

• School District 16: Bedford-Stuyvesant, including Stuyvesant Heights; as well as parts of northern Crown Heights and Ocean Hill
• School District 17: Crown Heights; Prospect Lefferts Gardens; Wingate; Prospect Heights; Flatbush; East Flatbush; as well as parts of Erasmus, Farragut, Rugby, Remsen Village, Ocean Hill and Brownsville
• School District 19: East New York; New Lots; Cypress Hills; City Line; Spring Creek; Starrett City; as well as parts of Ocean Hill, Brownsville and Canarsie
• School District 20: Bay Ridge; Fort Hamilton; Dyker Heights; Bath Beach; as well as parts of Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Sunset Park, Kensington, Gravesend, Mapleton / western Midwood and western Flatbush
• School District 21: Coney Island; Sea Gate; Brighton Beach; Gravesend; Homecrest; Mapleton / Ocean Parkway; Midwood; as well as parts of Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Madison and western Flatbush
• School District 32: Bushwick; as well as parts of East Williamsburg and northern Bedford-Stuyvesant

Queens

• School District 24: Corona, including North Corona; Elmhurst; Maspeth; Middle Village; Ridgewood; Glendale; Sunnyside; Woodside; as well as parts of Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Rego Park, Woodhaven, Forest Hills and Long Island City
• School District 28: Rego Park; Forest Hills; Kew Gardens; Briarwood; Jamaica Hills; Jamaica; South Jamaica; Richmond Hill; South Richmond Hill; South Ozone Park; Baisley Park; Rochdale Village; Springfield Gardens; as well as parts of Kew Gardens Hills, Hillcrest, St. Albans, Glendale, Corona and Elmhurst
• School District 29: Queens Village; Cambria Heights; Hollis; St. Albans; Laurelton; Rosedale; Springfield Gardens; Brookville; portions of Bellerose, Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, Hillcrest, Jamaica Hills, Jamaica and South Jamaica

The Department of Education said Monday it will recommend that the Board of Regents now leave those decisions to local school districts. The Board of Regents previously adopted the 2023 mandate and issued a June 2025 deadline for rebranding, saying districts that didn't comply could lose state aid. 

"Legal challenges brought by Long Island school boards against the Board of Regents' regulation addressing Indigenous mascots have been unsuccessful. Most recently, a federal appeals court dismissed Wantagh's challenge, finding that the district could not pursue its claims against the State," a DOE spokesperson said in a statement, adding, " As schools complete the transition away from stereotypical Indigenous mascots, the Department will recommend that the Board of Regents leave decisions regarding employee clothing, including apparel displaying offensive Indigenous imagery, to local school districts, consistent with how other employee attire and personnel decisions are handled."

The Massapequa School District has been fighting the ban to hold on to its "Chiefs" name and logo. The district was one of several to sue the state over the ban, and accuse the state of committing a civil rights violation.

Massapequa's Board of Education says it sees the DOE's decision as a win, saying in a statement, "This is a significant victory for Massapequa. From the beginning, we have maintained that the Native American mascot ban is an unconstitutional overreach. We now call on Gov. Hochul to repeal the entire regulation."

Ever since the ban was enacted, Massapequa High School pushed back, and in July 2025 the town asked President Trump to issue an executive order that would protect Native American mascots and imagery nationwide by outlawing any such bans.

"This is a national issue, and so what we're saying is instead of having these little fights everywhere, we're asking the president to get involved," Massapequa Board of Education President Kerry Wachter said at the time. "It really goes to the heart of who we are, and they're trying not only to erase Native Americans, but they're also trying to erase our tradition."

The state DOE responded with a statement that said, in part, "No school district is above the law," and cited The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York twice rejecting attempts by Massapequa and other district "to block enforcement of this regulation." The DOE, at the time, said it had "a strong public interest in making sure every student learns in an environment free from discrimination and harassment," and added "Our responsibility is to students and families; we won't trade their dignity for convenience."

Two months before reaching out to the Trump administration, Massapequa High School students painted a massive "Chiefs" mural at the school in defiance of the state ban.

In 2022, 13 Long Island districts were ordered to drop mascot names like "Chiefs" and "Warriors" after the state ruled the imagery was outdated, demeaning and offensive to Native Americans.

Students, educators, NBA legends and community leaders gathered to mark the opening of the five-story, 69,000-square-foot building, which will serve as the long-term home of the specialized high school focused on careers in the business of basketball.

The school first opened five years ago in a rented space. Now, students can take courses focused on fields such as sports analytics, media, law and marketing while exploring a variety of extracurricular opportunities.  

The ceremony featured New York Knicks legend Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, whose name the school bears, along with former Knicks teammate Bill Bradley and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

Although the school carries his name, Monroe said the focus remains on the students and the opportunities available to them.

"It's about what these kids get from this learning experience," Monroe said.

Founded by media executive Dan Klores, the school was created to give students a pathway into industries connected to basketball, rather than focusing solely on playing the game.

"There are a lot of specialty high schools in New York ... I said, 'Why can't there be a specialty high school for basketball, but not for the playing of the game?' And that was my inspiration," said Klores. 

Student Monica Barros said the different opportunities keep her busy.

"I'm involved in softball, volleyball, student government," Barros said. "There's always something to do to occupy your time, even if it's around basketball."

School leaders said the goal is to prepare students for college, careers and leadership opportunities across a wide range of professions, whether or not they pursue a future on the court.

The event, held at the Tweed Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, brought together high school students, domestic violence survivors, city leaders and educators for discussions about healthy relationships, recognizing warning signs of abuse and understanding consent.

Among the speakers was domestic violence survivor Deborah Coffy, who shared her personal experience and stressed the importance of educating young people about abusive relationships.

"This is crucial," Coffy said. "It's a big deal to be aware of what goes on and what survivors go through."

Students from schools across the city participated in conversations about toxic behaviors in relationships.

"They really talked about recognizing toxic habits that a lot of people normalize in relationships," said high school junior Dalimar Sanchez.

During the assembly, students were also quizzed on topics including consent and relationship safety. 

"I want people, especially teens my age, to be more safe and feel more free to speak up," said Port Richmond High School senior Othman Suleiman.

The event was organized through a partnership between the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence and New York City Public Schools.

Officials noted that while domestic violence homicides and incident reports have decreased compared with last year, arrests, rape cases, assaults and major felony complaints have increased.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani encouraged students to take advantage of city resources, including the Respect First and Relationship Abuse Prevention Program.

"Everyone ... deserves to be treated with love and respect," Mamdani told students.

Organizers said they plan to continue hosting similar assemblies across the city to help educate young people about healthy relationships and available support services.

October is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Dozens of members of Cornell's faculty are considering whether the university's administration can effectively address sexual assault at the school.

Last month, a female student filed a lawsuit saying she was drugged and raped by multiple men at a fraternity house there in 2024. CBS News New York has reached out to attorneys for all of the accused. Two have gotten back to us and denied the allegations.

Since then, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul tapped Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to look into the case. Cornell has also hired Sally Yates to lead an independent investigation into its response.

The first of two meetings took place Wednesday. A second hearing will take place on Oct. 28. After that hearing, a vote will take place. 

Cornell's president Michael Kotlikoff attended Wednesday's meeting, along with other members of Cornell's administration. 

"It would be a massive statement to the upper administration and hopefully signal to them you need to resign, step down, make room for new leadership who can better understand and more holistically lead this institution," Professor Ariana Kim previously said. Kim introduced the resolution of no confidence that is being debated.

Ahead of Wednesday's meeting, Kotlikoff gave his first interview about how the administration handled the investigation into the 2024 alleged gang rape and told The New York Times he has no intention of stepping down.

"The fact that Jane Doe experienced what she experienced at Cornell is something that I am personally sorry for," Kotlikoff told The Times.

Cornell's Title IX investigation at the time found two men responsible for sexual assault and expelled them.

"I do think it's important to understand we have more information now than we had at that time," Kotlikoff told The Times.

He also acknowledged drugs and alcohol remain a problem at the Ivy League school.

"I think that this is a problem that relates to 20-year-olds, 21-year-olds leaving home for the first time, coming into an environment where there's access to alcohol, where there is, unfortunately, in some cases, access to drugs. And they're not prepared," Kotlikoff said. "This is a challenge for us. We have to respond by building character, judgment, responsibility, care for each other."

On Tuesday, Cornell University announced it was suspending parties and social events at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year. The school also gave state police a role in investigating sex crimes on campus.

Ahmed Hassan, owner of Virgo Ambulance and Medical Transportation, said a good Samaritan brought the boy, believed to be about 10, into his business Tuesday morning.

"She just brought him over to our office and she said, 'Can you help this kid?' I said, 'Fine,'" Hassan said.

Surveillance footage shows employees comforting the child. They said he told them he was left alone on a school bus on Sanford Street after falling asleep, and pried open the front door of the bus to get out.

"He was a little distraught, but he was OK. We talked to him," employee Michelle Luthman said. "We calmed him down. [The good Samaritan] left. We don't even know who she was."

Luthman said they asked the boy if they could go through his bag, and found his name and his teacher's name on a piece of homework.

Video shows Luthman asking the boy how to contact his mom and eventually getting the passcode to his cellphone.

"We asked him for [his] mom's name. He said 'Mom.' He couldn't tell us any more," she said.

The employees called police, who showed up along with members of the bus company, identified as Circle Transportation.

Hassan said the boy stayed with them for an hour until four family members, including the child's mother and father, arrived.

"They thanked us, very much so," he said.

CBS News New York's Christine Sloan went to a yard where Circle Transportation vehicles were parked, but couldn't find anyone. She also reached out to the bus company by phone, but no one answered.

CBS News New York reached out to the East Orange mayor's office for the police report, but we have not been given any information.

The measures announced by Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff include a suspension of all parties and social events at Interfraternity Council houses through the end of the 2026-27 academic year and a new "zero tolerance" policy for violations that would result in the immediate emergency suspension of a chapter.

"These measures will provide time for a thorough review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue," Kotlikoff wrote in a letter to the campus community.

He also committed to adding a case manager to the school's Office of Civil Rights to help those who report sexual misconduct on the Cornell campus navigate the process, and to working with the New York State Police to allow their criminal investigators — who are independent of Cornell — to investigate allegations.

Crimes reported on Cornell's campus are generally investigated by campus police, a department that has full law enforcement powers but is controlled by the university. The campus police force operates independently from municipal police in Ithaca, New York, where the university is located. Its officers investigated the 2024 gang rape allegations and presented their initial findings to the Tompkins County district attorney, who declined to prosecute within weeks of the woman making her first report to police.

New York's governor removed the district attorney from the case this month after a public outcry over the lack of charges.

The investigation is now being led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, while Cornell has hired former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates to conduct an independent review of the university's response. New York State Police sometimes handle major crime investigations for small municipal police agencies, bringing in expertise that isn't available locally.

Rally organizers want Columbia to strengthen its own response to cases of sexual violence, they say, to ensure that something like the alleged incident at Cornell would be handled differently at Columbia.

Marisol Bonifaz is a sophomore at Barnard, Columbia's affiliated women's college, and a sexual assault survivor.

"This is part of a broader movement, and we're reforming the systems that we have to make sure that survivors are both valued, respected and that justice is served to them," Bonifaz said.

Almost all of the female students that spoke to CBS News New York said the details of Jane Doe's allegations and Cornell's handling of them makes them angry. So does the fact that none of it surprises them.

"I'm angry, but I'm also here to fight for what we need," student and organizer Addie Turek said.

"To see everything that's unfolding at Cornell, I've been so infuriated by the silence of institutions, but also so empowered and inspired by the turnout here," freshman Josselyn Wolf added.

The rally wasn't just in solidarity with the alleged Cornell victim. Organizers said they were calling for action at Columbia as well, demanding that the university cut ties with any faculty members or administrators with ties to Jeffrey Epstein. There is Justice Department documentation of Epstein's connections to the university.

A university spokesperson did not comment when asked about the Epstein-related claims at the rally, but did offer the following statement:

We are continually strengthening our systems to better support survivors. Columbia has built one of New York State's most comprehensive campus-based sexual violence response programs, with services at our Morningside, CUIMC, and affiliated Barnard campuses, and the state's only campus-based rape crisis center certified by the New York State Department of Health. Trained advocates are available 24/7, every day of the year. Additionally, our Title IX Division, as part of the Office of Institutional Equity, serves as a centralized resource, offering support and assistance to all University students who have experienced or are accused of sexual misconduct. Together with the Title IX investigators, the Title IX team trains almost 13,000 students a year, mostly in person, including all new students, student leaders, and athletes. Importantly, one of the goals of these trainings is prevention and reminding students how crucial bystander intervention is in achieving that goal.

Meanwhile, students held a sit-in protest at Cornell on Wednesday to demand changes to the administration and an end to Greek life at the school. 

A Cornell spokesperson said the protests have been peaceful and added, "The administration is listening, and these conversations are an important part of the work ahead."