University Statements

A Cornell graduate student has been charged with harassment in the second degree by the Ithaca Police Department for spitting on a female Muslim Cornell student while she was walking in Collegetown last month.

We are saddened that a member of the Cornell community is a suspect in this vile act targeting another student.

Cornell University appreciates the swift work and collaboration of the Ithaca Police Department and the Cornell University Police Department to identify and apprehend the suspect in this crime. The individual also faces two separate criminal charges for felony criminal mischief and falsely activating a fire alarm in two unrelated local incidents.

Joel M. Malina
Vice President for University Relations