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A Baltimore story
Published Spring 2019
Antero Pietila crafts an invaluable examination of a city, a man, and the institution that bears his name / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Sound politics
Published Spring 2019
Mark Christian Thompson investigates the history of jazz music in the Weimar era / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Westward ho
Published Spring 2019
Historian Mary Ryan's new book is a fascinating look at what two American cities can tell us about 19th-century urbanization / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Jean Liu
Her fashion statement
Published Spring 2019
After years of designing for major retail brands, alum Jean Liu strikes out on her own / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Fred Bronstein
Bronstein reappointed as Peabody dean
Published March 12, 2019
Since joining Peabody in 2014, he has adopted a new curriculum and education model for aspiring artists, forged ties across the university and in the community, and been a vocal advocate for equity and inclusion
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra music director Jed Gaylin
Classical Music
For HSO, a happy return to home venue
Published March 7, 2019 Video
After a nearly two-year absence, the orchestra returns to the stage at renovated Shriver Hall this weekend
Images of plant and animal cells drawn by students
Education
Singing for science
Published March 6, 2019
School of Education study suggests that incorporating arts into the classroom can help students retain more of what they learn
Map from the 1630s
Book talk
The hidden histories revealed by maps
Published Feb 27, 2019
Exhibition at the Peabody Library explores how historical maps have influenced state and local history
Screenshots of films screened in Tournées Film Festival
Tournées Film Festival
French film foray
Published Feb 25, 2019
Suzanne Roos, the Tournées Film Festival programmer, discusses the festival's lineup and shares her favorite classic French films
Peabody in the snow
Audition Week
The snow must go on
Published Feb 22, 2019
Despite inclement weather, the show must go on for the hundreds of musicians, composers, and dancers who auditioned this week at Peabody