NEW BRUNSWICK — Police are investigating the death of a Rutgers University freshman in his New Brunswick dorm today, school officials said.

Andrew M. Gottfried, of East Windsor, was found dead shortly after 9 a.m. in his room in Perry Hall on the Cook Campus, said Steve Manas, a Rutgers spokesman. Gottfried was enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences as a pre-business major.

Rutgers police and paramedics responded to the dorm and attempted to revive the freshman, who was pronounced dead at 9:20 a.m., Manas said.

An autopsy is pending, but there is no indication of foul play, university officials said. An investigation by campus police is continuing.

“The university is providing counselors for students in need of assistance following Gottfried’s death,” Manas said.

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