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Africana studies to launch grad program in fall 2011

The creation of a graduate program in Africana studies marks the latest development in the growth of the department, which hired renowned author Chinua Achebe in the fall. The Corporation approved the new program in December, said Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies and chair of the department. Full story

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M. hockey takes 3rd in ECAC championships

The men's hockey team was the first No. 11 seed in ECAC Hockey Tournament history to make it to the tournament Final Four, but the Bears' unlikely run to the championship ended Friday night in a 3-0 loss to No. 7 Cornell, who went on to win the tournament. Full story

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Med students fundraise for new building

On Friday night the Medical Student Senate hosted a fundraiser at 222 Richmond St. for the renovations that will transform it into Alpert Medical School’s new Medical School Education Building. With drywall pieces scattered on the floor, large holes in walls, light fixtures missing and orange spray paint decorating the walls, the building — whose renovations were approved by the Corporation last month — is a work in progress.
“We’re going to shell this whole thing,” said Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Edward Wing. Renovations are scheduled to officially begin on April 26, but the University has received demolition permits that allowed some work to begin earlier, Wing wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

Creative arts center to open next year

The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts will open for student use and offer classes and programs in spring 2011, said Richard Fishman, professor of visual art and director of the Creative Arts Council.

Word! artists to go to slam poetry nationals

Brown’s first-ever team destined for the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational — an annual nationwide competition for slam poets — performed for a packed and enthusiastic Macmillan 117 last Friday.