Early applications declined 64 percent this year – from 5,251 to 1,910 – as Brown switched from an early-action program to early decision, which requires an applicant to attend the University if admitted .Student leaders of the Multi-Faith Council announced the creation of a memorial quilt for six alumni and other friends of Brown who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 11 . Brown became one of four test sites for the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, giving students and faculty free access to most Microsoft products . Library officials said they had preliminary Corporation approval to build a new 1-million-volume storage facility sometime over the next few years . The Committee for the Status of Women held its first meeting on such issues as maternity-leave policy, child-care facilities, and equity for women working at the University Biophysics concentrator Rachel Pepper ’02 became one of forty 2002 Marshall Scholars nationwide; she will use the award to pursue a second bachelor’s degree – this one in mathematics – at the University of Cambridge.
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