Education historian Diane Ravitch once supported education reform, but now she sees it as a series of âmistaken policiesâ that have corrupted public schools.
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.
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.
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“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.
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.
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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.
Reform-minded educators eager to learn about Finlandâs 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 donât even start school until age seven.
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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.
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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.
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Tanya Luhrmann Wins Grawemeyer Religion Prize
/in News, Religion/by adminAmerican evangelical practices of prayer can train the mind to experience God, says the winner of the 2014 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
Ravitch wins Grawemeyer education award
/in News/by adminEducation historian Diane Ravitch once supported education reform, but now she sees it as a series of âmistaken policiesâ that have corrupted public schools.
Damasio wins Grawemeyer psychology award
/in News, Psychology/by adminA 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
/in News, World Order/by adminA 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
/in Music Composition, News/by admin“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
/in Music Composition, News, Psychology, Religion, World Order/by adminRecipients of the 2013 Grawemeyer Awards will discuss their winning works and ideas at the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in April.
Ahmedâs analysis of increased âveilingâ wins religion prize
/in News, Religion/by adminA 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 Finlandâs school success
/in News/by adminReform-minded educators eager to learn about Finlandâs 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 donât even start school until age seven.
Gottesman wins award for identifying mental illness factors
/in News, Psychology/by adminA 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
/in News, World Order/by adminNon-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.