The new gallery PHOTO BY LARRY CANNER AND ROB SMITH

To mark the completion of the final piece of its teaching and research facility renovation, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health held a rededication ceremony and celebration on Friday, April 23. Dean Alfred Sommer rededicated the school to its mission: protecting health, saving lives — millions at a time.

The event featured presentations explaining the importance of public health and the school's role in promoting public health worldwide by William H. Gates Sr., co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Barbara Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes, Maryland's U.S. senators; and Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, for whom the school was renamed in 2001.
— Tim Parsons

Michael Bloomberg and Paul Sarbanes PHOTO BY LARRY CANNER AND ROB SMITH

Amy Chapin, Cynthia Lawrence, Bob Lawrence and Ed Ludwig PHOTO BY LARRY CANNER AND ROB SMITH

Michael Bloomberg, Steve Ziger and Robert Neall PHOTO BY LARRY CANNER AND ROB SMITH

Laurie Schwab Zabin and Barbara Mikulski PHOTO BY LARRY CANNER AND ROB SMITH

On the steps at 17 E. Mount Vernon Place PHOTO BY HPS/JAY VANRENSSELAER

On Saturday, April 24, a cheerful crowd gathered at the steps of 17 E. Mount Vernon Place to officially reopen the Peabody Institute after the completion of its $26.8 million renovation. The Grand Celebration Evening was the highlight of the nine-day Music for the World Festival, a series of performances featuring Peabody's large ensembles, small chamber groups, stellar Preparatory students, jazz performers and celebrated faculty artists.

After the curtain opened to reveal the Peabody's restored main entrance, guests were treated to a champagne reception in the Grand Arcade before heading to Friedberg Hall for a concert with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra and piano faculty artist Leon Fleisher. When the standing ovations finally simmered down, faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends enjoyed dinner and music across the campus. The audience was serenaded by jazz, opera, harp, strings and vocal ensembles well into the evening hours.

The Music for the World Festival culminated on Sunday, April 24, in a free open house where Peabody welcomed the Baltimore community with jazz, opera cabaret, string ensembles and guitar performances.
— Kirsten Lavin

Bill Donahue, Diane Donahue and Mary Ann Thompson PHOTO BY HPS/JAY VANRENSSELAER

Newt Fowler, Turner Smith and Steven Baxter PHOTO BY HPS/JAY VANRENSSELAER

Leon Fleisher and Hajime Teri Murai PHOTO BY HPS/JAY VANRENSSELAER

Arno Drucker, Ruth Drucker and Eileen Soskin PHOTO BY HPS/JAY VANRENSSELAER

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