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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced a $2 million open competition for ideas to transform learning using digital media. Key words: MacArthur Foundation, educational technology, school technology, online courses, digital media  
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A photojournalist and an investigative reporter are among the 24 MacArthur Fellows awarded $500,000 in "no strings attached" funding over the next five years. Earlier today, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2009 fellows -- a list that includes photographer Lynsey Addario and Jerry Mitchell, a reporter at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. Addario, a photojournalist based in Istanbul, was chosen by the...  
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For more information, contact: Brian Cox, HNTB public relations brcox@hntb.com; (816) 527-2056 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Sept. 28, 2009) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that Ted Zoli, HNTB Corporation vice president and technical director, bridges, has been named one of 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2009. read more  
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MacArthur Foundation released this year's grant recipients today. I don't know any of them but apparently they are famous because half of them have Wikipedia entries. (In case if you are wondering, no, I do not have one, because I'm not "worthy of notice". Don't even get me...read more  
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CHICAGO (AP) -- A newspaper reporter and a law professor are among 24 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants." The $500,000 fellowships are awarded by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. One ...  
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CHICAGO — John A. Rogers, a University of Illinois professor in material sciences and an world leader in developing "flexible electronics," is among 24 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants." The 42-year-old Flory-Founder Chair and his team of researchers at the UI have in recent years been working on ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes, electronic eye cameras and stretchable integrated circuits. Their work may...  
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24 New MacArthur Fellows Announced Source: MacArthur Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2009. The new Fellows work across a broad spectrum of endeavors. They include an infectious disease physician, an ornithologist, a painter, a photojournalist, a bridge engineer, a climate scientist, an economist, a papermaker, [...]  
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Two Yale faculty members have been named MacArthur Foundation Fellows for 2009, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced. Mary Tinetti, M.D., the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health and Richard O.  
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Today the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation celebrates 24 creative individuals who will receive one of the Foundation's annual $500,000 awards--the famous "genius grants." Three writers were included among the winners: author Edwidge Danticat (pictured), short-story writer Deborah Eisenberg, and poet Heather McHugh. Here's more from Danticat, from a NY Times article: "It felt incredibly, wonderfully surreal ... What artists...  
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The following 24 fellows each will receive $500,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: --Lynsey Addario, 35, photojournalist, Istanbul, Turkey. Creating a visual record of major conflicts and humanitarian ...  
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The MacArthur Foundation today named 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2009. This past week, the recipients learned in a single phone call from the Foundation that they will each receive $500,000 in "no strings attached" support over the next five years. - MacArthur Fellows Program Press Release  
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Jill Seaman, a Moscow native, is the recipient of a prestigious $500,000 MacArthur Foundation fellowship.Seaman, 57, is an infectious disease physician who splits her year between treating inhabitants of southern Sudan and practicing medicine in Bethel, Alaska.Seaman is one of 24 MacArthur Fellows announced Monday. Each is given $500,000, spread over five years with no strings attached. "They [...]  
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One of the most interesting clubs in the world must be the society of MacArthur fellows. The MacArthur foundation awards a set of grants – colloquially known as “genius grants” – that provide $500,000 to a recipient over five years. The grants have no reporting requirements or deliverables attached, and there’s no application process – [...]  
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Lin He, an assistant professor of molecular and cell biology in the College of Letters and Science, and computer scientist Maneesh Agrawala are among 24 new MacArthur "genius" Fellows announced on Sept. 22 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He's award is the 12th MacArthur award won by a member of the L&S faculty. read more  
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by Amy Crocker It always pays to be smart, but sometimes it really pays. Last week, The MacArthur Fellows Program awarded San Francisco digital artist Camillie Utterback $500,000. Commonly referred to as a “genius grant,” this money comes with no strings attached. The MacAurther Foundation is “in support of people, not projects,” according to their website. So who is this person? For starters, she moved to San Francisco in 2005. She...  
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