The 2018 winners of UofL's Grawemeyer Award will be in Louisville April 10-12 to give free, public presentations about their award-winning ideas. Here’s the schedule:
- Tuesday April 10th, 1pm (Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium) – Scott Straus, Ideas Improving World Order, author of Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa.
- Tuesday April 10th, 5pm (Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium) – Sara Goldrick-Rab, Education, author of Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream
- Tuesday April 10th, 7pm (Caldwell Chapel, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary) – JoAnne Marie Terrell will discuss the work of Religion Award winner James H. Cone, the founder of black liberation theology.
- Wednesday, April 11th, Noon (Strickler Hall, Middleton Auditorium) – Robert Sternberg, Psychology, whose work has resulted in changes in college admission processes that have leveled the playing field for individuals from diverse backgrounds and, thus, has increased student diversity.
- Thursday, April 12th, 3pm (Bird Recital Hall, School of Music) – Bent Sorensen, Music Composition.