The 35 feet stainless steel fabricated sculpture and state of the art research center, the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building, http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/Johns_Hopkins_Holds_RibbonCutting_Ceremony_for_New_Wilmer_Eye_Institute_Building was dedicated two years later, on October 16, 2009, 80 years to the day after the pioneering institute's first building made its debut.