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Grawemeyer composer hopes his music brings inner peace

April 18, 2014

In 2011, composer Djuro Zivkovic spent four months in a house in the Swedish countryside, writing a commissioned piece in an atmosphere of complete silence.

Grawemeyer winner says scientists hold key to nuclear weapons success

April 18, 2014

While the prospect of Iran or North Korea becoming a nuclear nation causes frightening headlines, the only countries that have built successful nuclear programs are those that have allowed scientists to do their jobs without political pressure, according to the winner of the 2014 Grawemeyer Award in world order.