The award is one of the most prestigious recognitions the MacArthur Foundation grants, highlighting a recipient’s ...

The interdisciplinary awards announced Tuesday come with a $800,000 grant over five years that the 22 recipients may use ...

Yale professor Martha Muñoz, alum Dorothy Roberts and Wesleyan guest artist Shamel Pitts are part of this year's cohort of ...

Shailaja Paik, an Indian-American professor, has received an $800,000 "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation for her ...

Amid drums, smudging and chants to “bring our children home,” supporters of the Indian Child Welfare Act gathered early this ...

The MacArthur Foundation recognizes outstanding scholars, creators and activists with $800,000 no-strings-attached “genius grants.” ...

Spread the loveThe prestigious MacArthur Foundation’s announcement of its latest cohort of “Genius Grant” recipients was met ...

An Indian-American professor, Shailaja Paik, conducting research on and writing about Dalit women has received a $800,000 ...

Poet, educator, and writer Juan Felipe Herrera, who received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa Writers’ ...

The interdisciplinary award seeks to “enable” people with a track record and the potential to produce additional ...

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