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Press Releases
February 1, 2012 - Press Release
MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito to Serve on MacArthur Board
Joi Ito, Director of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named to serve on the Board of Directors of the MacArthur Foundation. Read More
January 26, 2012 - Press Release
Department of Justice, MacArthur Foundation Provide $2 Million to Support Juvenile Justice Reform
MacArthur and the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention together offered $2 million in funding to support best practices in juvenile justice reform across the country. Read More
January 11, 2012 - Press Release
Nuclear Materials Security Index Released
MacArthur grantee the Nuclear Threat Initiative released the first-of-its-kind, public baseline assessment of the status of nuclear materials security conditions in 176 countries Read More
December 21, 2011 - Press Release
Chicago Arts and Culture Groups and International Collaborations
MacArthur awarded $504,000 in new grants to 12 Chicago arts and culture organizations to conduct collaborations with arts groups in nine countries. Read More
December 8, 2011 - Press Release
CoSN Selects 13 School Districts to Develop Best Practices on the Innovative Use of Digital Media in K-12 Education
The Consortium for School Networking today announced the 13 school districts that will participate in a collaborative effort to share experiences, challenges and best practices for innovative uses of new media in K-12 education. Read More
November 22, 2011 - Press Release
MacArthur Grants Support Efforts to Improve Governance of Global Migration
For five years, the MacArthur Foundation has been the largest non-governmental donor to the Global Forum on Migration and Development, helping to ensure broad participation by civil society groups at this annual gathering. Read More
November 17, 2011 - Press Release
National Competition Selects 12 Libraries and Museums to Build Innovative Learning Labs for Teens
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the MacArthur Foundation announced the first 12 winners of a national competition to build 21st Century learning labs in museums and libraries around the country. Read More
November 17, 2011 - Press Release
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates to Convene in Chicago
Recognized as among the most important annual events in the field of peacemaking, the summit will be held in Chicago April 23-25, 2012. Read More
November 7, 2011 - Press Release
MacArthur and The New York Community Trust Support Hive Digital Media Learning Fund
They create and plan their social lives digitally and can find the right app for anything. But for all their perceived savvy, many teenagers haven’t begun to explore technology’s vast potential for learning. Read More
November 2, 2011 - Press Release
MacArthur Partners with Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation
MacArthur and Born This Way Foundation have partnered to raise the profile of issues related to digital media learning. Read More
