A MIT sophomore was found dead in her dorm room Tuesday, the university said in a message to the MIT community.Phoebe Wang, a student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was found in her room in a Memorial Drive residence hall. Wang was from Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania."It breaks my heart to tell you," MIT President L. Rafael Reif said in an email to students and staff."The death of a young person is always a shock, and in recent months we have lost too many of our cherished students and dear friends," Reif wrote.MIT officials did not disclose details of Wang's death, but sources said the death did not appear suspicious.The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately have a comment.

A MIT sophomore was found dead in her dorm room Tuesday, the university said in a message to the MIT community.

Phoebe Wang, a student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was found in her room in a Memorial Drive residence hall. Wang was from Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania.


"It breaks my heart to tell you," MIT President L. Rafael Reif said in an email to students and staff.

"The death of a young person is always a shock, and in recent months we have lost too many of our cherished students and dear friends," Reif wrote.

MIT officials did not disclose details of Wang's death, but sources said the death did not appear suspicious.

The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately have a comment.