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After closing a controversial chapter related to its largest donor last year, Worcester Polytechnic Institute is turning over a new leaf with the opening of its 100,000-square-foot academic and student services building dubbed Unity Hall. The new building, which will be featured with an open house on Tuesday, was named based on a growing focus throughout the university on social justice and inclusion, according to a Thursday announcement posted on WPI’s website.

After closing a controversial chapter related to its largest donor last year, Worcester Polytechnic Institute is turning over a new leaf with the opening of its 100,000-square-foot academic and student services building dubbed Unity Hall. The new building, which will be featured with an open house on Tuesday, was named based on a growing focus throughout the university on social justice and inclusion, according to a Thursday announcement posted on WPI’s website.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has officially removed the name of the late Robert Foisie, an alumnus and the largest donor in its history who gave $63 million over his lifetime, from its formerly named Foisie Business School and Foisie Innovation Studio & Messenger Hall.