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Video interview with Donald Shriver Jr., winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award in Religion

Interview with Donald Shriver Jr., winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Video Interview with Michael Johnston, winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order

Interview with Michael Johnston, winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

Video interview with Paul Attewell and David Lavin, winners of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award in Education

Video interview with Paul Attewell and David Lavin, winners of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award in Education.

New date and time for talk by education award winners

The date for the talk by the education award winners, Paul Attewell and David Lavin, has been changed to March 4 at 4 p.m.

Grawemeyer Award winners to give free public talks

Recipients of the 2009 Grawemeyer Awards will discuss their winning works and ideas at the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary campuses on March 3-12.

U.S. must own up to misdeeds, says Grawemeyer religion winner

The United States must own up to past sins such as slavery and taking land away from Native Americans before it can be a truly great nation, says the winner of the 2009 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Theory of how brain builds images earns Grawemeyer prize

A scientist who helped explain how our brains build meaningful images from the bits of information we see has won the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Psychology.

Brett Dean

Homage to letter-writing earns Grawemeyer music prize

“The Lost Art of Letter Writing,” a four-movement concerto for violin and orchestra by Australian composer Brett Dean, has earned the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Open enrollment pays off, say Grawemeyer education award winners

Non-traditional students who attend college through open enrollment generally do well and their success carries forward to the next generation, say two scholars who have won the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education.

2009 Grawemeyer Awards to be announced week of Dec. 1

The winners of the 2009 Grawemeyer Awards will be announced the week of Dec. 1.