Bond Chapel.

Joyce Qi, a fourth-year in the College, passed away on Sunday due to injuries sustained in a car accident. She was 21 years old.

Dean of the College Melina Hale and Dean of Students in the College Philip Venticinque shared the news of Qi’s passing in an email later that day.

Qi was in a car that crashed on the 2500 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive early Sunday morning, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to the Maroon. ABC7 reported Sunday that the four other people in the car at the time were expected to recover.

Qi was born on March 25, 2004, and grew up in Northern Virginia, graduating from McLean High School in 2022 before attending the University of Chicago.

According to Hale and Venticinque, Qi was studying economics and data science. She was admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law last month.

Her friends said she was among the top-ranked students on Beli, a food ranking app, and enjoyed blue panda ice cream from Cathey Dining Commons.

A memorial was held on Qi’s behalf at 1:30 p.m. on January 19 in Bond Chapel.

The email from Hale and Venticinque referred students to resources on campus, including UChicago Student Wellness, the College Student Care and Support Team, and religious advisers. Students can also text the dean-on-call through the UChicago Safe app or call them through the University of Chicago Police Department at (773) 702–8181.

Counselors at UChicago Student Wellness are available by phone at (773) 834–9355, and the therapist-on-call can be reached for immediate support at (773) 702–3625.

Editor’s note: We hope to follow up on this article with an obituary memorializing Joyce’s life and her time as a member of the University community. We ask anyone who has memories they want to share about Joyce to please contact us at editor@chicagomaroon.com.