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Opening and Dedication of the Annenberg Public Policy Center

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s new home on 36th Street adjacent to the Annenberg School for Communication was officially opened at a November 4 ceremony featuring Center Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School Dean Michael X. Delli Carpini and University President Amy Gutmann. President Gutmann unveiled portraits of the Center’s founders, Ambassadors Walter and Leonore Annenberg, and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki, designer of the building. Following the dedication, Mr. Maki delivered the fourth annual Leonore Annenberg Lecture in Public Service and Global Understanding, “Making the Annenberg Public Policy Center: From Concept to Realization,” and attendees were invited to tour the new space.