A Syracuse University student and resident of Day Hall’s seventh floor died on Sunday afternoon.

Babak Najafi, a freshman psychology major from Pomona was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m. in his dorm room by emergency personnel from Rural/Metro Medical Services and Syracuse University Ambulance, said Kevin Morrow, director of SU News Services.

Najafi’s two friends found him unresponsive in bed at 3 p.m. Sunday, Morrow said. The two of them immediately called 911, to which Public Safety and Rural Metro ambulances responded.

The death did not appear suspicious, and Najafi’s body is undergoing a medical examination report Morrow said. It is unknown when Najafi’s autopsy results will be released.

Najafi’s parents have been contacted and plan on driving to SU Sunday night, Morrow said.

The resident directors and resident advisers for Day and Flint Halls were instructed not to comment on Najafi’s death. Residents who lived on Najafi’s floor declined comment as well.

Chaplains and counselors provided aid to the residents in Day Hall Sunday night, Morrow said.

Additionally, a gathering will take place at Hendricks Chapel today from 4 to 5 p.m., Morrow said. No memorial service has been scheduled for Najafi yet.

Najafi is the first student to die on campus since Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune died on Dec. 13, 2002 after falling out of window on the seventh floor of Sadler Hall.

Published on December 4, 2005 at 12:00 pm