A farewell to Bob Sirota
Peabody director leaves behind an enhanced program and
facilities

When Robert Sirota became director of the Peabody
Institute 10 years ago, the words exquisite, magical,
inspiring and beautiful were often used to depict the music
created by the renowned school's virtuoso students. Today,
those same words also describe the grand physical space
that houses both the degree-granting Peabody Conservatory
and the community-based Peabody Preparatory — a
renovated complex that will forever be a monument to
Sirota's vision.
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A new day dawns for Gilman Hall
A renovation project that aims to restore an iconic
Homewood building to its former grandeur and bring it
squarely into the 21st century is one step closer to
reality. On Sept. 19, the board of trustees' Building and
Grounds Committee authorized the formation of a Design
Review Committee to select an architect and construction
manager for the long-anticipated renovation of Gilman
Hall.
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National funding goes to Hopkins to advance research on
stem cell therapies for heart
attack
Heart specialists at the
Johns Hopkins Heart Institute have been awarded more
than $12 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute to study how stem cell therapies can be used to
treat hearts damaged by heart attack or heart failure.
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