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From GroupMe to Sidechat: The class of 2024’s time online
By Jack Tajmajer and Tom Li | May 23Coming to Brown during lockdown was “honestly a nightmare” for Meghan Spangenberg ’24.
Jack Tajmajer
Metro EditorJack Tajmajer is a Metro editor who oversees the Beyond Brown beat. He is a Senior from Bethany, Connecticut and Bethlehem, New Hampshire studying Political Science and Economics. His mother operates an alpaca farm and he tried a blueberry for the first time at age 17.
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Cows, devils and princesses: What Brown students are dressing up as for Halloween
By Jack Tajmajer | October 26Campus has come alive with students scrambling to pull together last-minute costume ideas.
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Students celebrate National Coming Out Day on Main Green
By Jack Tajmajer | October 16Community members take photos, grab merch in support of LGBTQ+ community
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UChicago settles in financial aid antitrust lawsuit, Brown, others, still engaged
By Jack Tajmajer | September 26University of Chicago became the first defendant in “568 Cartel” class-action lawsuit to settle.
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Malian artists reflect on decades-long music careers, discuss Providence’s support of African artists
By Jack Tajmajer | September 25Malian Djembe Master Sidy Maïga, musician Master Soumy discuss importance of PVDFest’s Afrika Nyaga Drum Festival
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Brown admits 13% of early decision applicants to class of 2027, setting record low for fifth straight year
By Jack Tajmajer | December 20The University accepted 879 students to the class of 2027 from a pool of 6,770 early decision applicants, wrote Logan Powell, current dean of admission and incoming associate provost for enrollment, in an email to The Herald. Applicants were informed of their decisions Tuesday evening.
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Brown on track to double veteran undergraduate population by fall 2023
By Jack Tajmajer | November 29Three years after promising to double its undergraduate student veteran population, the University has “nearly achieved” its goal, University Spokesperson Brian Clark wrote in an email to The Herald. On Veterans Day in 2019, the University announced that it aimed to double the undergraduate ...
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Brown permanently eliminates alumni interviews, introduces Alumni Ambassadors Program
By Jack Tajmajer | October 28Alumni interviews for prospective students will not resume following their suspension at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an email from the Office of College Admission sent to alumni on Oct. 11. Applicants will retain the option to submit a two-minute video introduction, the email ...
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Brown promised to cut its emissions 75% by 2025. How close is it to getting there?
By Jack Tajmajer | October 21The University pledged in 2019 to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 and cut its emissions by 75% by 2025, simultaneously unveiling multiple projects to reach these goals. While the University maintains that it is on track to reach its 2025 target with a new solar farm scheduled ...
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After 15 years, retiring Dean of Financial Aid Tilton leaves legacy of expanded access
By Jack Tajmajer | September 21James Tilton, who prefers to go by Jim, begins his mornings in a classic 1860 colonial farmhouse in Clinton, Conn. He then embarks on a one-hour journey to College Hill, where he works as the University’s dean of financial aid.
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