2026 Grawemeyer Award honorees bring bold ideas to Louisville
It’s time to get inspired as recipients of the 2026 Grawemeyer Awards visit Louisville to discuss their winning works. Each year, the University of Louisville recognizes...
2026 Grawemeyer psychology award winner recognized for contributions to autism research
Sir Simon Baron-Cohen has received the 2026 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, a distinction described as carrying Nobel Prize-level prestige. He is recognized for pioneering...
2026 Grawemeyer religion award honors ‘God’s Ghostwriters’
Throughout the history of Christianity, the authorship of the New Testament was credited mostly to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul. But hidden behind...
2026 Grawemeyer world order award winner explores the connection between climate change and security
For his work to understand why climate change leads to negative security consequences in some places and not others, Joshua W. Busby, professor of...
2026 Grawemeyer music composition award goes to Liza Lim for ‘A Sutured World’
Australian composer Liza Lim has won the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for her visionary work “A Sutured World.”
The piece was commissioned by...
2025 Grawemeyer psychology award goes to James Gross for work on emotional regulation Stanford professor cited for research demonstrating the benefits of managing feelings early
For noticing and explicating the different ways people manage their feelings, and for creating and developing the field of emotion regulation, Stanford Psychology Professor...
2025 Grawemeyer religion award goes to rabbi and disability advocate Julia Watts Belser Georgetown professor’s book, 'Loving Our Own Bones,' inspires reappraisal of disability
For reconsidering the relationship between disability and spirituality, Georgetown University professor of Jewish Studies, Rabbi Julia Watts Belser will receive the 2025 Grawemeyer Award...
2025 Grawemeyer education award goes to Mark Warren for book ‘Willful Defiance’ Describes movement to dismantle school-to-prison pipeline
For researching and writing “Willful Defiance: The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline,” a book that describes and analyzes the building of the grassroots...
2025 Grawemeyer world order award goes to John M. Owen IV for ‘The Ecology of Nations’
For researching and writing "The Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order," an innovative book about the way the international ecosystem...
2025 Grawemeyer music composition award goes to Christian Mason for ‘Invisible Threads’ London composer’s installation piece hailed for balancing space and sonic geography
For creating "Invisible Threads," a work that changes how music is usually experienced by employing a spatially shifting ensemble of 12 musicians and encouraging...