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Locals Named MacArthur Geniuses

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The MacArthur Foundation recently announced their 21 Genius grants winners.

The MacArthur Foundation recently announced their 21 Genius grants winners, and five have Chicago connections. We sit down with two of the winners to learn more about their work and their reactions to the $625,000 award.

09/21/2014 | Rating NR

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