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November 22, 2012 - In the Media

"Mexico: Risking Life for Truth"

From The New York Review of Books
Alma Guillermoprieto, MacArthur Fellow, 1995
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November 19, 2012 - Video

"What's The Big Idea? Pentagon Agency Backs Student Tinkerers To Find Out"

From NPR
Saul Griffith, MacArthur Fellow, 2007
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November 16, 2012 - In the Media

"Claire Chase and Her Flute"

From American Public Media
Claire Chase, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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November 14, 2012 - In the Media

"Composers and Performers Unite in a Young Music 'Lab'"

From The Wall Street Journal
Claire Chase, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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November 8, 2012 - In the Media

"Imaginary Prizes Take Aim at Real Problems"

From The New York Times
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November 8, 2012 - In the Media

"The Performer Who's Moved From Nickel Creek to a Goldmine"

From The Herald
Chris Thile, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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November 6, 2012 - In the Media

"For Nonprofit Founder, Helping Low-Income Families is Personal"

From The Bay Citizen
Maurice Lim Miller, MacArthur Fellow 2012
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November 2, 2012 - In the Media

"Junot Diaz: Modern masculinity revealed"

From The Vancouver Sun
Junot Díaz, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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November 2, 2012 - In the Media

"Genius Grant Winner Dedicates $100,000 to Protect South Okanagan Grassland"

From The Vancouver Sun
Sarah Otto, MacArthur Fellow, 2011
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November 2, 2012 - In the Media

"'Genius Grant' Helps Secure Okanagan Habitats for At-risk Species"

From the University of British Columbia
Sarah Otto, MacArthur Fellow 2011
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October 26, 2012 - In the Media

"Genius Fellow: Tackling Poverty Takes Creativity"

From NPR
Maurice Lim Miller, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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October 22, 2012 - In the Media

"Junot Diaz on Q"

From CBC Radio
Junot Diaz, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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October 21, 2012 - In the Media

"Writer’s Long Eoad to ‘Genius’ is a Story of Overcoming Racism"

From the Chicago Sun-Times
Dinaw Mengestu, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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October 18, 2012 - In the Media

"Chris Thile: Genius Fellow"

From Relix
Chris Thile, MacArthur Fellow, 2012
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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