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March 25, 2013 - Video

"Tackling Concerns of Independent Workers"

From The New York Times
Sara Horowitz, MacArthur Fellow, 1999
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March 25, 2013 - In the Media

"Junot Diaz"

From The Colbert Report
Junot Díaz, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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March 3, 2013 - Video

"Colleges, theaters to create new Civil War plays"

From the San Francisco Chronicle
Liz Lerman, MacArthur Fellow, 2002
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March 3, 2013 - Video

Video: "The Apollo Project for Our Generation"

From CNN
Saul Griffith, MacArthur Fellow, 2007
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March 2, 2013 - In the Media

"Meet Claire Van Vliet: A Paper Pioneer in the Northeast Kingdom"

From the Burlington Free Press
Claire Van Vliet, MacArthur Fellow, 1989
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March 1, 2013 - In the Media

Video: "Wouldn't It Be Cool If . . ."

From CNN
Saul Griffith, MacArthur Fellow, 2007
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March 1, 2013 - In the Media

"A Virtuoso, at Least in His Spare Time"

From The New York Times
Stephen Hough, MacArthur Fellow, 2001
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March 1, 2013 - In the Media

"Wild Bees Are Good For Crops, But Crops Are Bad For Bees"

From NPR
Liz Lerman, MacArthur Fellow. 2002
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February 20, 2013 - In the Media

"Confronting Artist Kara Walker"

From the Chicago Tribune
Kara Walker, MacArthur Fellow, 1997
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January 15, 2013 - From the field
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MacArthur Fellow Lures Giant Squid into Spotlight

Edith Widder, a Florida-based biologist, deep-sea explorer, and 2006 MacArthur Fellow has helped to catch the elusive giant squid on camera in the wild. A specialist in bioluminescence, a chemically-produced light characteristic of some ocean-dwelling creatures ... Read More
January 14, 2013 - Video

"Giant Squid Video Resulted From Biologist's Invented Lure"

From Los Angeles Times
Edith Widder, MacArthur Fellow, 2006
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January 11, 2013 - Video

"Caregifted: Free Vacations For Exhausted Caregivers"

From MYNorthwest.com
Heather McHugh, MacArthur Fellow, 2009
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January 11, 2013 - Video

"Death of a Prisoner"

From The New York Times
Laura Poitras, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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December 13, 2012 - In the Media

"Cellist Found Her Own Path to Performing Concerto"

From The Philadelphia Inquirer
Alisa Weilerstein, MacAthur Fellow, 2011
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December 7, 2012 - Video

"Miguel Zenón and Dafnis Prieto At Newport"

From NPR Music
MacArthur Fellows: Dafnis Prieto (2011), Miguel Zenón (2008)
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June 21, 2012 - Press Release
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Cecilia Conrad to Direct MacArthur Fellows Program

Cecilia Conrad, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Pomona College, has been selected to serve as the next Director of the MacArthur Fellows Program. An economist, Dr. Conrad conducts research on economic inequality. Read More
October 2, 2012 - Press Release
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23 MacArthur Fellows Announced

MacArthur named 23 new MacArthur Fellows for 2012. Working across a broad spectrum of endeavors, the Fellows include a pediatric neurosurgeon, a marine ecologist, a journalist, a photographer, an optical physicist and astronomer, a stringed-instrument bow ... Read More

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Cecilia A. Conrad

Vice President, MacArthur Fellows Program

Mary Ann T. Worklan

Senior Program Officer

Marlies A. Carruth

Program Officer

Christina Lovely

Program Officer

Laura E. Scholl

Program Officer

Maureen P. Atwell

Program Administrator

Eloise E. Daniels

Department Assistant

Diane Estes

Department Assistant

Jennifer Hazen

Program Assistant

Krista L. Pospisil

Senior Information Specialist