Stanford University has cancelled this year's Community Day, when it welcomes neighbors to science demonstrations, art performances, kids and other events.

Some 8,000 people flocked to the campus in 2007, the last time Community Day was held.

Budget constraints forced the cancellation of the 2009 Community Day, the university announced today (Wednesday).

Community Day, which began in 2002 and grew in popularity, was to be held April 19.

The university is also cutting back on its annual Founder's Day event, to be held April 13.

Founder's Day will take place at Memorial Church but will not include the traditional procession to the Stanford family mausoleum, where the remains of Jane and Leland Stanford and their son, Leland Jr., are entombed.

The mausoleum will be open to the public April 13 from noon to 5 p.m.

The Founder's Day celebration will begin at 5 p.m. April 13 in Memorial Church with remarks by President John Hennessy and two winners of a student speaker contest.

-- Don Kazak