A Brown University graduate student has died after jumping from the 12th floor of a campus building . Hyoun Ju Sohn , a 25-year-old physics doctoral student from South Korea , died Tuesday around noon after plunging from the Sciences Library building . Brown President Christina Paxson said in a statement that the university is 'deeply saddened ' by his death . Police have ruled it a suicide . Hyoun Ju Sohn , a 25-year-old first year doctoral students in Brown University 's Physics department , died after jumping from the institution 's Sciences Library around noon Tuesday . The student from South Korea came to the US for his undergraduate education at Columbia University , where he received a prestigious Rabi scholarship . Police have said that it has been ruled a suicide . Sohn had 'glowing evaluations ' as a teaching assistant at Brown , according to Paxson . He was named a Rabi Scholar for 'exceptional promise in the sciences ' when he entered Columbia University and graduated in 2013 . The student was particularly interested in the physics of condensed matter . The twelfth floor of Brown University 's Sciences Library was closed Tuesday afternoon . A worker was seen sweeping broken window below . A vigil of 350 people was held Tuesday night outside the campus center , and smaller meetings were held for students and faculty . Paxson said counseling will be available for graduate and undergraduate students . The 12th floor of the library was closed off as of 2.30pm , according to the Providence Journal . A worker was seen sweeping away a broken window below the library . For confidential support on suicide matters call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255 or see www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org for details .
Hyoun Ju Sohn , a 25-year-old doctoral student , died Tuesday . Student received prestigious scholarship from Columbia University . Twelfth floor of sciences library closed after the incident around noon .