Eighth Cornell Student Dies

Mark Von Bucher '11 is the eighth Cornell student to have died this academic year. He died on Tuesday from injuries sustained while snowboarding in Utah over winter break.

Von Bucher had been with other brothers of Psi Upsilon at the time of the injury, when he hit his head going off a snowboard jump.

He was active on campus as a member of the club soccer team and was also an animal enthusiast, which influenced his pre-vet studies. He owned geckos and huskies, and Bellars said the two friends bought flying squirrels together. The squirrels still reside in Bellars’ room.