Ravitch wins Grawemeyer education award
Education historian Diane Ravitch once supported education reform, but now she sees it as a series of āmistaken policiesā that have corrupted public schools.
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Damasio wins Grawemeyer psychology award
A California scholar who proposed that emotions play an integral role in human reasoning and decision-making has won the 2014 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.
Hymans wins Grawemeyer world order prize
A book explaining why nuclear weapons programs in many developing nations have been prone to inefficiency and failure has won the 2014 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.
Zivkovic wins Grawemeyer music prize
“On the Guarding of the Heart,” a piece for chamber orchestra by Serbian-born composer Djuro Zivkovic has won the 2014 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.
Grawemeyer Award winners to give public talks
Recipients of the 2013 Grawemeyer Awards will discuss their winning works and ideas at the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in April.
Ahmedās analysis of increased āveilingā wins religion prize
A feminist scholar at Harvard University has earned the 2013 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion for explaining why a growing number of Muslim women in the United States are wearing veils.
Sahlberg wins prize for explaining Finlandās school success
Reform-minded educators eager to learn about Finlandās highly successful school system often are shocked to find that elementary-level students have a four-hour day, do little homework, rarely take tests and donāt even start school until age seven.
Gottesman wins award for identifying mental illness factors
A mental health pioneer who explored the basis of schizophrenia and the way mental disorders are classified has won the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.
Pair win world order prize for civil resistance study
Non-violent resistance brings about political change much more effectively than the use of violence, say two scholars who have won the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.
āUp-closeā wins music prize for van der Aa
The 30-minute work is a highly innovative fusion of musical and visual art, said award director Marc Satterwhite.