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April 20, 2013 - In the Media

"Illinois Professor Working on a Semiconductor You Can Wear"

From Crain's Chicago Business
John Rogers, MacArthur Fellow, 2009
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April 12, 2013 - In the Media

"Raj Chetty Wins the John Bates Clark Medal"

From The New York Times
Raj Chetty, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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April 7, 2013 - In the Media

"Bonnie Blodgett: Bees are in Big Trouble, but Gardeners Can Help"

From the Pioneer Press
Marla Spivak, MacArthur Fellow, 2010
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April 5, 2013 - In the Media

"Ornithologist is Reshaping Ideas of How Beauty Evolves"

From Discover
Richard Prum, MacArthur Fellow, 2009
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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 15, 2013 - Video

"Jad Abumrad: Accidental Scientist"

From NPR Ask Me Another
Jad Abumrad, MacArthur Fellow, 2011
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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

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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

Program Administrator

Eloise E. Daniels

Department Assistant

Diane Estes

Department Assistant

Jennifer Hazen

Program Assistant