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New Report on "Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future"

January 13, 2010

A new report offers policymakers ways to address the nation's fiscal problems and confront its rapidly growing debt. Read more »

Policy Research, Press Releases

New Research Predicts Longer Life Expectancy for Americans

December 14, 2009

Current government projections may significantly underestimate the future life expectancy of Americans, according to new research from the MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society. Read more »

Policy Research, Research Networks, Press Releases

Cornell’s Dan Huttenlocher Joins MacArthur Board

January 7, 2010

Daniel Huttenlocher, Dean of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, has been named to serve on MacArthur’s Board of Directors. Read more »

Board of Directors, Press Releases

New Website Highlights Architecture, History of Chicago's Marquette Building

January 12, 2010

A new website opens the doors of the historic Marquette Building, a Chicago landmark and one of the city’s earliest skyscrapers, to visitors from around the world. Read more »

Press Releases

24 New MacArthur Fellows Announced

September 22, 2009

Recipients learned by a phone call out of the blue from the Foundation that they will each receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over the next five years. Read more »

MacArthur Fellows, Press Releases

Digital Media & Learning

Digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life, and these changes have profound implications for learning. Watch »

Digital Media & Learning, Multimedia