Day Hall

Day Hall
Cornell University
Day Hall at Cornell University in 2009
General information
Type	Administrative Building
Location	Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Address	144 Feeney Wy, Ithaca, NY 14853
Coordinates	42°26′50″N76°29′0″W / 42.44722°N 76.48333°W / 42.44722; -76.48333
Opened	1947
Owner	Cornell University
Website
https://registrar.cornell.edu/taxonomy/term/511

Day Hall is a building on the Central Campus of Cornell University that currently houses the administration ^[1] and registrar. ^[2]

History

20th century

Day Hall was constructed in 1947. ^[3]

During the 1969 protests the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) group was planning to capture the Day Hall (an administrative building at the time). ^[4]

In 1993 Cornell's Latino students staged a peaceful protest and sit-in at Day Hall to raise awareness of these students' needs and had ripple effects nationwide, ^{[5] [3]} including the expansion of the Latino Studies Program and the creation of the Latino Living Center at Cornell. ^{[6] [3]}

References

1. University, Office of Web Communications, Cornell. "Office of the President | Cornell University". president.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
2. "Day Hall | Cornell University Registrar". registrar.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
3. Bishop, Morris (2014). A History of Cornell. Cornell University Press.
4. Downs 2014, p. 235.
5. "Day Hall Takeover 30th Anniversary Alumni Participant Speaker Panel". cornelluniversity.imodules.com. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
6. Hernández, Sascha (2014-10-30). "Recalling the '93 Day Hall takeover by Latino students". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-02-18.

Sources

• Downs, D.A. (2014). "SDS and Day Hall". Cornell '69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University. Cornell University Press. pp. 234–235. ISBN   978-0-8014-6612-0 . Retrieved 2025-02-18.