New Haven, MA, United States (AHN) – Yale University announced on Wednesday that a student who was to graduate next month died following an accident in a laboratory.
Michele Dufault died after an accident invovling a piece of equipment in the Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, according to a message to the campus community from Vice President Linda Koch Lorimer.
The incident occurred Tuesday night. The parents of Dufault, an astronomy and physics major, have been informed and were on the way to the university.
No details of the accident were released but the campus paper cited an official confirming that Dufault died after her hair was caught in the equipment.
The laboratory was closed for the day and classes were cancelled.
Dufault was a member of the university’s Precision Marching Band and served as co-president of the university’s organization for physics students. Last year, she was one of about a dozen members of the Yale Drop Team, a group of students who build and conduct experiments aboard NASA’s specialized Boeing 727 under a competitive federal program.
“Michele was an exceptional young woman, an outstanding student and young scientist, a dear friend and a vibrant member of this community,” Lorimer said. “We will find ways in the next day to gather to celebrate her life and grieve this loss.”
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