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MacArthur genius grant winners announced across arts science
Twenty four recipients including Ta-Nehisi Coates Lin-Manuel Miranda Michelle Dorrance and Matthew Desmond win MacArthur fellowships granting 625000 over five years. The diverse group spans tap dance sociology literature chemistry art and computational biology among others with selections kept secret until notified.
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Chicago
John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur
Matthew Desmond
Harvard University
Africa
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hamilton
Michelle Dorrance
Harvard
Patrick Awuah
Accra
Ghana
Kartik Chandran
New York
Columbia University
Washington
D.C
Gary Cohen
Reston
Health Care Without Harm
H Matthew Desmond
Cambridge
Mass
Desmond
William Dichtel
Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Nicole Eisenman
LaToya Ruby Frazier
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Ben Lerner
Brooklyn College of the
City College of New York
Lerner
Mimi Lien