Ian Bassin. Photograph courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Ian Bassin was at home in his kitchen when he received a curious call. A man asked if he was alone, which “really ...

Four 2023 MacArthur Fellows, clockwise from top left: Courtney Bryan, Ian Bassin, Diana Greene Foster and Patrick Makuakane. (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation) ...

MacArthur fellows receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend however they want. Fellows are nominated and endorsed by their peers and communities through an often yearslong process that ...

MacArthur fellows, who do not apply, are nominated and endorsed by their peers and picked on a somewhat mysterious basis of merits. Each fellow receives $800,000 over five years to spend however ...

The Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) has received an Innovation Award totaling $238,000 from the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Competition. Co-founded by music professor Daniel ...

The distinction, sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, comes with $625,000 grants distributed in quarterly installments over a five-year period. The three criteria for ...