The University of Guelph is in mourning after the death of a student in a campus residence Tuesday morning.

“We are deeply saddened by this news, and my heart goes out to the family and friends of this student,” U of G president Franco Vaccarino said in a news release announcing the death.

Little information has been released. A spokesperson for the university said the residence where the student died was Prairie Hall, part of the U of G's South Residences. The student was a first-year arts student.

The family has been notified, but the student’s name has not been released to the public, the release said.