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Boston university relaunches journalism curriculum to encompass humanities

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Simmons University relaunches media school as Gwen Ifill School of Media , Humanities and Social Sciences .

Media scholar Ammina Kothari named as the new dean of the school.

The new school's new structure expands its media curriculum to include humanities and social sciences .

Ifill was the first African American woman to moderate a vice presidential debate and coanchor a national newscast.

Ifill's brother, Bert , says his full-time job is “to talk nicely about Gwen ’s legacy.

“There was hardly a fight or an advance in press freedom in the past decade that he wasn't a part of, if not leading,” he says.

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