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Richard Luscombe

Cornell cancels classes citing ‘stress’ after antisemitic threats lead to arrest

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Photograph: Glasshouse Images/Alamy

Cornell University canceled classes on Friday as officials acknowledged the “extraordinary stress” on students following the arrest of a junior accused of threatening to murder Jews on campus.

Patrick Dai, 21, appeared in federal court on Wednesday charged with making threats to the university’s Jewish community in the wake of Israel’s retaliation in Gaza for last month’s attacks by Hamas.

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