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 […]
UPDATE Samuel C. Stringfield, Director of the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education, hosted an official Presidential Session and Reception at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, CA, on April 8th, 2006. This groundbreaking inaugural session featured Elliot Eisner, 2005 Winner, and Lee S. Shulman, 2006 Winner of […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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School districts around the nation are struggling to decide whether or not to continue funding arts education programs. Educator Elliot W. Eisner states that there really is no choice; cutting those programs will significantly hinder student development. In his book âThe Arts and the Creation of Mind,â Eisner states that including the arts in the […]
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, […]
2006 – Fiona Terry
/in News, World Order/by adminAid 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 […]
2006 – Lee Shulman
/in News/by adminUPDATE Samuel C. Stringfield, Director of the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education, hosted an official Presidential Session and Reception at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, CA, on April 8th, 2006. This groundbreaking inaugural session featured Elliot Eisner, 2005 Winner, and Lee S. Shulman, 2006 Winner of […]
2006 – György KurtĂĄg
/in Music Composition, News/by adminA 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 […]
2005 – George M. Marsden
/in News, Religion/by adminThe 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 […]
2005 – Elizabeth Loftus
/in News, Psychology/by adminA 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 […]
2005 – Francis Deng and Roberta Cohen
/in News, World Order/by adminGuidelines 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 […]
2005 – Elliot W. Eisner
/in News/by adminSchool districts around the nation are struggling to decide whether or not to continue funding arts education programs. Educator Elliot W. Eisner states that there really is no choice; cutting those programs will significantly hinder student development. In his book âThe Arts and the Creation of Mind,â Eisner states that including the arts in the […]
2005 – George Tsontakis
/in Music Composition, News/by adminAmerican 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, […]
2004 – Jonathan Sacks
/in News, Religion/by adminâFor 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 […]
2004 – Aaron Beck
/in News, Psychology/by adminA 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, […]