A freshman honors student at a Boston university was found dead in her dorm room after passing away Tuesday night.
Jocelyn Amelia Straus, 19, studied political communication at Emerson College and lived in the private university's Colonial Residence Hall.
She was a native of El Cerrito, California.
Administrators announced her death in a campus-wide email Wednesday but did not comment on the cause.
Sad: Jocelyn Amelia Straus, 19, studied political communication at Emerson College and lived in the private university's Colonial Residence Hall. She died there alone Tuesday
The school's president, M. Lee Pelton, described her death only as 'unattended,' reports the Boston Globe.
'[She] was a bright light taken from this world far too soon,' Pelton wrote.
'Several of my Emerson colleagues and I visited with some of you who knew Jocelyn and I want you to know that we all share your deep sense of loss,' ran the email.
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SharePelton said that a memorial service was being planned.
'Several of my Emerson colleagues and I visited with some of you who knew Jocelyn and I want you to know that we all share your deep sense of loss,' he said.
Her cause of death was being investigated by the Boston medical examiner.
Counseling staff were made available to students who needed them.
'A bright light taken from this world': Straus was 'unattended' when she died, according to an email distributed campuswide. A memorial service was being planned
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