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Macarthur Foundation

awards Oct. 6, 2020

N.K. Jemisin Awarded One of 21 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants This YearAlong with playwright Larissa FastHorse, filmmaker Nanfu Wang, and more.

By Zoe Haylock
geniuses! Sept. 25, 2019

This Year’s MacArthur Genius Grants, ExplainedGuitarist Mary Halvorson, theater director Annie Dorsen and conceptual artist Mel Chin also won the $625,000 grants.

By Justin Curto
geniuses Sept. 22, 2016

Claudia Rankine Leads This Year’s Class of MacArthur Genius Grant RecipientsMaggie Nelson and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins have also been crowned geniuses.

By Karen Brill
neuroscience Sept. 29, 2015

Here’s What Neuroscience’s Newest ‘Genius’ Discovered About the BrainA discovery about your brain cells’ “eat me” signs.

By Eric Levitz
mad money Oct. 2, 2012

Junot Díaz Is Among This Year’s MacArthur Fellowship WinnersThat’s $500,000 big ones to keep him writing.

By Andre Tartar
geniuses Sept. 20, 2011

2011 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Recipients AnnouncedYours is probably just caught in the spam filter.

By Caroline Bankoff