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2024 Psychology Recipient – Ann Masten

Scholar who explains how resilience develops wins 2024 psychology award By Denise Fitzpatrick A child psychologist who discovered that resilience in human development depends on ā€œordinary magicā€ has won the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Psychology. Ann Masten, a professor in the University of Minnesotaā€™s Institute of Child Development, earned the prize for […]

2023 Education Recipient – Jennifer Morton

Disadvantaged students pay a price to move up, says 2023 education prize winner by Denise Fitzpatrick Disadvantaged college students pay a heavy ethical and emotional price to become upwardly mobile, says a scholar who today was named winner of the 2023 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education. Jennifer Morton, an associate professor of philosophy […]

2023 Music Composition Recipient – Julian Anderson

Julian Andersonā€™s ā€˜Litaniesā€™ wins 2023 music prize By Denise Fitzpatrick The Notre Dame Cathedral fire and the death of an esteemed colleague influenced the creation of ā€œLitanies,ā€ said Julian Anderson, a British composer named today as winner of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for the work. ā€œNotre Dame burned while I was writing […]

Economist who traced long-term success of school integration wins Grawemeyer education award

An economist who found that integrating U.S. public schools in the 1970s and 1980s benefited students over time has won the 2022 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education. Rucker Johnson, a University of California-Berkeley public policy professor specializing in education economics, received the prize for ideas set forth in ā€œChildren of the Dream: Why […]

Economist who traced long-term success of school integration wins Grawemeyer education award

An economist who found that integrating U.S. public schools in the 1970s and 1980s benefited students over time has won the 2022 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education. Rucker Johnson, a University of California-Berkeley public policy professor specializing in education economics, received the prize for ideas set forth in ā€œChildren of the Dream: Why […]

1992 Grawemeyer Award Recipient in Music Composition, Krzysztof Penderecki passes away

A Polish composer known for sending moral and political messages through his music, died on Sunday at his home in Krakow. He was 86. Krzysztof Penderecki won the Grawemeyer award in 1992 for his symphonic piece, ā€œAdagio for Large Orchestra.ā€ Commissioned by Radio France and the French secretary of state for the 200th anniversary of […]

Genes make us who we are, says 2020 psychology winner

A behavioral geneticist who found that DNA is the primary force shaping our personalities has won the 2020 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. Robert Plomin, research professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at Kingā€™s College London, developed his prize-winning idea based on 45 years of psychological studies in the United […]

2008 – Philip Tetlock

2008 – Philip Tetlock “Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?” Political pundits should be held accountable for the predictions they make, says the winner of the 2008 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Philip Tetlock, a University of California, Berkeley, professor of business administration and political […]

2008 – Edward Zigler, Walter Gilliam and Stephanie Jones

2008 – Edward Zigler, Walter Gilliam and Stephanie Jones 2008 – A Vision for Universal Preschool Education Making preschool available to all children age 3 and older in the United States would carry great benefits, say three scholars who have won the 2008 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education. Edward Zigler Walter Gilliam Stephanie […]