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Arts Oct 04

Who are the 2023 MacArthur fellows? Here’s a list

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press

Nation Oct 12

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Here are this year’s 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipients

A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among the 25 winners of the MacArthur Foundation's prestigious fellowship this year.

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press

Science Mar 18

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Our past and future is written in Earth’s landscape. Here’s how one geomorphologist is reading it

Taylor Perron seeks to answer questions about Earth's past and future by reading landscapes from our world and out in the solar system.

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Nation Sep 28

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Here are this year’s MacArthur fellows and ‘genius grant’ recipients

The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced the 25 recipients, who will each receive $625,000.

By Don Babwin, Associated Press

Arts Oct 06

21 MacArthur fellows awarded $625K in ‘genius grants’

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 21 people will each receive $625,000 over five years to use as they please. The foundation has awarded the "genius grants" every year since 1981.

By Associated Press

Dec 22

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This graphic novelist and reading ambassador tells kids to reach beyond their comfort zone

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Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang wrestled with his identity growing up, but he’s made the Chinese-American experience one of the main subjects of his critically acclaimed work. One of this year’s MacArthur Fellowship winners and the national ambassador for young…

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