Northeastern Students Who Died in Crash to Receive Posthumous Degrees

BOSTON, MA - The two Northeastern University students who died in a car crash in Dubai last week will receive posthumous degrees, school president Joseph Aoun.

Victoria McGrath and Priscilla Perez Torres, who were both 23-year-old seniors, were scheduled to graduate in May.

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“Before tragedy took them from us, Vic­toria and Priscilla were well on their way to grad­u­ating this spring,” said Aoun. “Like their class­mates, they earned their degrees through focus and hard work. By pre­senting their diplomas to their fam­i­lies in May, Vic­toria and Priscilla will remain mem­bers of the North­eastern family forever.”

McGrath, a Boston Marathon bombing survivor from Weston, Conn., was studying finance with a minor in inter­na­tional affairs at D’Amore-McKim School of Busi­ness. According to the Northeastern News, she was a member of the NU Busi­ness Advi­sory Club and exec­u­tive director of mar­keting for the Finance and Invest­ment Club.

Perez Torres, from Puerto Rico, was a biology major in the Col­lege of Sci­ence. She worked as a clinical research coor­di­nator at New Eng­land Bap­tist Hos­pital. She was also involved with a North­eastern stu­dent group that works with an HIV/​AIDS non­profit orga­ni­za­tion in Uganda, and was part of the Sci­ence Club for Girls, according to the Northeastern News.

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