Student drowns in campus pool

Elias Ibrahim drowned early Friday morning in the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center’s lap pool, according to university police.

Ibrahim was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity and was set to graduate this spring with a degree in physiological science. Nancy Greenstein, the director of police community services for UCPD, said he had been accepted into medical school for the fall.

Police said alcohol was involved, but are unsure if it contributed to Ibrahim’s death. They got the call from Sunset Recreation Center at 2:14 a.m. on March 14.

According to a Facebook group created in his memory, there will be a prayer and remembrance ceremony tonight at 7 p.m. in Bruin Plaza.