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  | &lt;span class=&quot;byline&quot;&gt;Madelyn Glymour&lt;/span&gt;
  
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      &lt;p&gt;Geoffrey Burns, a sophomore electrical and computer engineering major and prospective physics double major, died on Thursday, Sept. 29, as a result of a car accident outside the Fort Pitt tunnel on Sept. 18. He is survived by his father, Richard Burns, and his sister, Samantha Burns Brantley. A memorial service was held last Saturday at Burns&rsquo; high school in California. Several of his friends and a member of the Division of Student Affairs attended. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to Dean of Student Affairs Gina Casalegno, the electrical and computer engineering department has created a memorial that will be displayed in Hamerschlag Hall, and a further celebration of Burns&rsquo; life will be arranged on campus in the coming weeks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Friends say that Burns was incredibly curious and had diverse interests. On campus, he was involved in fencing; board game club; rocketry club; Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics; and Pugwash.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&ldquo;He was the sort of person that really just wanted to know everything that he could,...&lt;/p&gt;

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