Students on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, N.Y., Oct. 7, 2026. A day after the Cornell University president tried to calm students and parents by banning parties at fraternity houses, he faced a largely hostile faculty senate on Wednesday, Oct. 14, that was considering a vote of no confidence against his administration. (Lauren Petracca/The New York Times) By MACK LIEDERMAN, ZANE IRWIN and SHARON OTTERMAN A day after the Cornell University president tried to calm students and…