DAYTON — The University of Dayton is mourning the expected death of a graduate student.
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The university identified the student as 24-year-old Sankeerth Pinumalla, according to a campus-wide email sent by UD President Eric Spina obtained by News Center 7.
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Spina said that Pinumalla “died unexpectedly Saturday morning.”
The 24-year-old graduate student was in the mechanical engineering program and lived off-campus.
Spina announced that a memorial for Sankeerth Pinumalla will be set up in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception for those who want to pray or light a candle of remembrance for him.
A prayer gathering is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Kennedy Union Ballroom at 4:30 p.m.
The university is also offering counseling support in the KU West ballroom on Sunday from noon until 2 p.m.
Finals start on Monday at the University of Dayton.
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