Cornell Cancels Classes Amid ‘Extraodinary Stress’ From Anti-Semitic Incidents on Campus

A junior was arrested and charged with making violent threats against his Jewish peers.
Cornell Cancels Classes Amid ‘Extraodinary Stress’ From Anti-Semitic Incidents on Campus
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a rally in Washington Square Park in New York City, on October 17, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Bill Pan
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Cornell University has canceled classes for Friday, citing “extraordinary stress” generated by the series of divisive events on campus since the war broke out between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.

Instead, the day will serve as a “community day” for students. University faculty and staff will also be excused from work except for those providing essential services, student newspaper The Cornell Daily Sun reported.