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US universities, including Cornell, hold significant endowments that are invested across asset classes, including alternative investments and increasingly digital assets. Scandals of this nature can accelerate scrutiny of fraternity culture and campus safety, potentially leading to policy changes and reputational damage that could affect donor sentiment and endowment performance. This occurs against a backdrop of heightened social awareness and legal risks that corporations and institutions must manage.

US prosecutors have reopened a case involving an alleged gang rape at Cornell University after the woman filed a civil lawsuit claiming she was drugged and raped at a fraternity house in 2024.