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Meet the 2017 MacArthur Fellows

24 Extraordinarily Creative People Who Inspire Us All
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Four Finalists Named in Global Competition for $100 Million Grant

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Criminal Justice
Assessing Women’s Mass Incarceration
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"Rhiannon Giddens Calls MacArthur Grant 'Life-Changing'"
Greensboro News & Record
Related fellow: Rhiannon Giddens
In The Media
Criminal Justice
"Crime, Punishment and Taxes"
USA Today
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"Everyone Knew This Newark Native Was Special. Now He's Officially a Genius"
NJ.com
Related fellow: Tyshawn Sorey
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"MacArthur ‘Genius’ Dawoud Bey Calls The Award An ‘Affirmation’"
WBEZ
Related fellow: Dawoud Bey
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"Talking to Myself: Two Ways of Looking at Carrie Mae Weems’s New Work"
Washington Post
Related fellow: Carrie Mae Weems
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"The Secret to Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Overnight Success"
Electric Literature
Related fellow: Viet Thanh Nguyen
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"Evolution Experiment Has Now Followed 68,000 Generations of Bacteria"
Ars Technica
Related fellow: Richard E. Lenski
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"A MacArthur “Genius” Unearthed the Secret Images that AI Uses to Make Sense of Us"
Quartz
Related fellow: Trevor Paglen
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Advancing Local Criminal Justice Reform with Additional $11.3 Million for Eight Jurisdictions

Meet the 2017 MacArthur Fellows

24 Extraordinarily Creative People Who Inspire Us All
Jason De León
Anthropologist
Journalism & Media
News Match Opens: $3 Million in Matching Support for Nonprofit Newsrooms
Chicago Stories
Wider Horizons, Bigger Dreams for Chicago Youth
Perspectives - Tara Magner
Chicago Responds to Federal Immigration Orders
Nuclear Challenges
Awarding $4.4 Million to Reduce Nuclear Risks
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