Cornell students accuse university president of hitting them with car after campus Israel-Palestinian event

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Cornell students accuse university president of hitting them with car after campus Israel-Palestinian event

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Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff claims he was harassed in a parking lot after students allege he hit them with his car during a confrontation. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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Cornell students accuse university president of hitting them with car after campus Israel-Palestinian event
Fox News5/4/2026

Cornell students accuse university president of hitting them with car after campus Israel-Palestinian event

Surveillance footage shared by Cornell University shows the moment President Michael Kotlikoff allegedly backed into a group of individuals who had surrounded his vehicle in a campus parking lot on April 30. (Credit: Cornell University) Cornell University ’s president says he was a victim of "harassment and.

Cornell president accused of backing car into protester says he was victim of 'harassment'
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5/4/2026

Cornell president accused of backing car into protester says he was victim of 'harassment'

The president of Cornell University claimed Monday that he was victim of " harassment and intimidation " following a confrontation with protesters in which he appeared to back his car into one of the demonstrators. President Michael Kotlikoff said he had just left Goldwin Smith Hall on the school's Ithaca, New York.