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June 14, 2013 - Video

"Player in Leaks Case, Out From Behind Camera"

From The New York Times
Laura Poitras, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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June 14, 2013 - Video

"Public Citizen's Wolfe Still Needling FDA"

From MedPage Today
Sidney Wolfe, MacArthur Fellow, 1990
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June 14, 2013 - Video

"The Genius of Pitt: Pitt-Related Researchers Awarded MacArthur Foundation Grants for Outstanding Contributions"

From Pittsburgh Quarterly
Kevin Guskiewicz, MacArthur Fellow, 2011 and Elodie Ghedin, MacArthur Fellow, 2011
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June 14, 2013 - Video

"Award-Winning Filmmaker Has Rare Key Role in Surveillance Leaks; Merger of Art, Journalism"

From the Washington Post
Laura Poitras, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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June 7, 2013 - Video

"Honoring Civil Right Hero Medgar Evers, Warrior for U.S. on More Than One Front"

From PBS Newshour
Jerry Mitchell, MacArthur Fellow, 2007 Read More
May 31, 2013 - Video

"Harnessing Human Computation"

From The Economist
Louis von Ahn, MacArthur Fellow, 2006
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May 29, 2013 - Video

"Probing the Mysteries of Probiotics"

From CNN
Sarkis Mazmanian, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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May 29, 2013 - In the Media

"Sarah Sze: The Stones of Venice"

From The New York Times
Sarah Sze, MacArthur Fellow, 2003
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May 16, 2013 - In the Media

"Richard Foreman, at Play in the Theater Lab"

From The Wall Street Journal
Richard Foreman, MacArthur Fellow, 1995
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May 15, 2013 - In the Media

"John O. Dabiri: The Jellyfish Genius"

From the LA Weekly
John Dabiri, MacArthur Fellow, 2010
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May 15, 2013 - In the Media

"Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival Begins Final Year as Women-Only Showcase"

From The Washington Post
Jason Moran, MacArthur Fellow, 2010
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May 14, 2013 - In the Media

"Black In America: A Story Rendered In Gray Scale"

From NPR
Chimamanda Adichie, MacArthur Fellow, 2008
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May 7, 2013 - Video

"Jason Moran on the 'Bandwagon'"

From U-T San Diego
Jason Moran, MacArthur Fellow, 2010
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May 3, 2013 - In the Media

"Obama’s Defender of Borders Is Again a Voice for Migrants"

From The New York Times
Cecilia Munoz, MacArthur Fellow, 2000
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April 26, 2013 - In the Media

"Meredith Monk Goes Green, Recycles in New Work ‘On Behalf of Nature’"

From The Washington Post
Meredith Monk, MacArthur Fellow, 1995
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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

Melissa Flagg

Senior Program Officer

Marlies A. Carruth

Program Officer

Christina Lovely

Program Officer

Krista L. Pospisil

Program Officer

Laura E. Scholl

Program Officer

Maureen P. Atwell

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Eloise E. Daniels

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Diane Estes

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Jennifer Hazen

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