Students and faculty are mourning the death of Darryl Wu ’18, after he was found dead in his apartment on Tuesday evening. Leaderboard 2Prof. John Marohn, chemistry, called the loss “heartbreaking,” saying that Wu was “one of the brightest students I have ever taught.”“Darryl was very quiet,” Marohn said. His death is a huge loss.”Prof. Thomas Ruttledge, chemistry, said he knew Wu from two honors chemistry courses. He called Wu a “person driven by curiosity” and a “man of great honor and kindness.”“[Wu] was a student of immense depth,” Ruttledge said. Niedzielski said Wu was actively involved in the linguistics department, often attending Cornell Undergraduates in Linguistics brunches and the department’s yearly colloquium.

Source: Daily Sun September 01, 2016 03:33 UTC