A 21-year-old woman was found dead in a dorm room at Columbia University this morning. Police say they responded to a call at the East Campus Residence Hall around 11:48 a.m. and found the woman "unconscious and unresponsive face up on the floor." EMS pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

The victim's name is being withheld pending family notification, and the Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. East Campus is located on Morningside Drive, by West 118th Street. (UPDATE, April 1: The woman has been identified as Jessica Fingers, who was Class of 2013 until she went on leave last year.)

[UPDATE] An NYPD spokesman confirmed that the woman was not a student at Columbia.

[UPDATE 2]: The woman was apparently a student who had been on leave from Columbia. Via Bwog, here's the letter Kevin Shollenberger, Dean of Student Affairs, sent: