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The Latest Breaking News from MacArthur

Coursera founder Daphne Koller on receiving a MacArthur genius grant: ‘It wasn’t me’

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Fortune

A MacArthur 'genius' skewers philanthropy in a farcical play tackling oligarchy and arts funding

A new play by MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Taylor Mac invites questions about the moral value of philanthropy in a society denounced by the comedy as “feudal.”

The Independent UK

MacArthur 'genius' makes magical art that conjures up her Afro-Cuban roots

One of this year's MacArthur fellows — the so-called 'genius grant' — the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is inspired by her family's African roots, her Cuban childhood and modern American life.

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The Walrus

Livingston Women open up three point lead at top of Championship table after win over Inverness

The 3-1 win at the Tony Macaroni Arena sees the Lionesses open up a three point lead.

Daily Record

Woman, 26, almost four-times over drink-drive limit found asleep at wheel after stopping to watch Netflix

Jessica Matthew had been found in a retail park slumped and unconscious in the driver's seat with the engine still running

Manchester Evening News

MacArthur Foundation announces ‘genius’ grant winners for 2022

CHICAGO — In 1981, the MacArthur Foundation began awarding annual fellowships. These have consisted of monetary awards of $800,000 (an increase this year, bumped up from a decade ago and paid out in annual installments of $160,000 over five years) to do with whatever the awardees want.

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Ebony, Jet photo archives are headed to the Smithsonian

The museum and J. Paul Getty Trust will digitize and make available material that documents African American life for most of the 20th century.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hollywood producer's new nonprofit to boost diverse creators

Hollywood film producer Dan Lin — known for movies such as Disney’s live action “Aladdin” and “The Two Popes” — is launching a nonprofit with more than $1 million from the Ford and MacArthur foundations as well as several other philanthropies

The Independent UK

Program helps foundations fund Black-led nonprofits better

A new effort to help grantmakers change the way they work so they can better support Black-led nonprofits was announced today

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