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Cornell Issues One Year Ban To Former Student Who Said University President Ran Over His Foot
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Cornell issues one-year ban to former student who said university president ran over his foot

May 29, 2026 @ithacavoice The Ithaca Voice

A still from security camera footage showing the incident. Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. — A recently graduated Cornell senior was banned from campus for one year about a month after he accused the university’s president of running over his foot.

Cornell issues one-year ban to former student who said university president ran over his foot. A still from security camera footage showing the incident. Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. — A recently graduated Cornell senior was banned from campus for one year about a month after he accused the university’s president of running over his foot. On April 30 , a video captured Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff backing his car into a student, and he was accused of running over Aiden Vallecillo’s foot. Now Vallecillo has been notified that he is “persona non grata” on Cornell property and will have to wait a year before he can return to his alma mater. Vallecillo was part of a group of students that surrounded Kotlikoff’s vehicle to question him on campus speech policies. Videos circulated online of Kotlikoff backing his car up. Soon a...