How do people know where they are and how they got there? Two scientists who have helped identify the brainâs mapping system earned the 2006 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. John OâKeefe and Lynn Nadel, who explained their theory in a 1978 book, âThe Hippocampus as a Cognitive Mapâ and in later journal […]
Aid agencies need to think things through when they give help, or they can end up worsening the problems they hoped to fix. That warning, delivered by Fiona Terry, director of research for the French section of the international agency Doctors Without Borders, has won the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World […]
A concerto by Hungarian composer György KurtĂĄg described as ranging through âmany changes of mood, tempo and textureâ has earned the 2006 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. The work, âConcertante Op. 42â for violin, viola and orchestra, was commissioned by the Leonie Sonning Foundation of Copenhagen. Since its premiere in September 2003 […]
The 2005 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion has been given to University of Notre Dame professor George M. Marsden for his masterful biography of colonial preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards, entitled âJonathan Edwards: A Lifeâ(Yale University Press, 2003). Edwards was considered by many to be the first great American religious thinker during the pivotal period […]
A psychologist noted for her study of human memory and how it can be altered has won the 2005 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. The fifth awarding of the $200,000 prize for outstanding ideas in the field of psychology is to Elizabeth Loftus, whose research on false recollections and the reliability of eyewitness […]
Guidelines for a protection and aid system for internally displaced people, or people who are displaced within their home nations Scholars at Johns Hopkins University and The Brookings Institution who developed a plan to help internally displaced people are co-winners of the prestigious 2005 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Sharing […]
American composer George Tsontakis has been selected to receive the prestigious 2005 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his Violin Concerto No. 2. Described by one music critic as âa work of gentle beauty and intriguing orchestral sounds,â Tsontakis’s 20-minute concerto received its world premiere April 19, 2003, by Steven Copes, violin, […]
âFor too long, the pages of history have been stained by blood shed in the name of God,â states London’s Chief Rabbi, Professor Jonathan Sacks, in his book, âThe Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations.â âAllied to weapons of mass destruction, extremist religious attitudes threaten the very security of life on […]
A psychiatrist considered to be the founder of cognitive therapy — and credited with its approach of helping people learn techniques to help themselves — has won the 2004 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. The fourth awarding of the $200,000 prize for outstanding ideas in the field of psychology is to Aaron Beck, […]
The globalization of business can be made to work for the common good, say two Australians who have won the 2004 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Australian National University law professors John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos will share the $200,000 cash prize for the ideas outlined in their book, âGlobal […]