Overview
- Matías Rolfi, a 27-year-old Nutrition student, died after falling from the second floor of UBA’s Faculty of Medicine in Buenos Aires.
- Authorities and media describe the circumstances as a likely suicide, according to initial reports from the scene.
- Family members and classmates say Rolfi, who was diagnosed on the autism spectrum, faced persistent bullying by peers and a teaching assistant.
- Relatives link his distress to failing a Physiology exam and attending its review that day, noting he had previously paused studies after conflicts.
- The faculty issued condolences, offered psychological assistance, and declared mourning, while a legal and institutional investigation proceeds.