Blaze N. Bernstein, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, died earlier this month near his home in Lake Forest, California, during winter break. He was 19.

Mr. Bernstein was the incoming managing editor of Penn Appétit, the student-run food magazine. He was also a copy associate for 34th Street Magazine and Penn Review. He wrote opinion columns for the Daily Pennsylvanian. He had not declared a major, but spent his freshman year in the Vagelos Molecular Sciences Program.

He is survived by his parents, Gideon Bernstein and Jeanne Pepper, his sister, Beaue and his brother, Jay.