Englewood's Own Tonika Lewis Johnson Is A MacArthur 'Genius' Johnson, whose work aims to expose and disrupt systemic inequities in the city, was one of 22 people across the nation selected for the prestigious award.

Cheers to #TonikaLewisJohnson for her well earned #MacArthurGenius award. #Englewood #Chicago

Teresa Puthussery Exploring how neural circuits of the retina encode visual information for the human brain.

#MacArthurGenius #Berkeley #California

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Ieva Jusionyte Exploring the political and moral ambiguities of border regions and historically shifting distinctions between legal and illegal practices.

Congratulations to anthropologist and UC Press author @ievajusionyte.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #MacArthurGenius Fellow! A brilliant recognition of her vital work. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Congrats @nabarund.bsky.social!! Well-deserved.

#MacarthurGenius #Medsky #opioids #addiction #Psychsky #harmreduction #fentanyl #overdose

Virus Slayer Awarded ‘Genius Grant’ by MacArthur Foundation The award recognizes Jason McLellan’s work to investigate how viruses infect our cells and to develop new treatments for infectious disease.

UT Austin has a new “genius grant” recipient!

Texas Science professor Jason McLellan has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship — aka the “genius grant” — by The MacArthur Foundation.

#TexasScience @mclellanlab.bsky.social #MacArthurGenius @utaustin.bsky.social
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Congratulations to #TommyOrange 🪶🌞🌳 #Ohlone #Oakland #writer #MacArthurGenius

Also: “Orange’s second novel, Wandering Stars (2024), is both a prequel and sequel to There There.” 🎯👏🌟

Re-posting with some hashtags because it’s true - @berkeleyblink.bsky.social has written a great book! #accessibility #blind #MacArthurGenius #blueskybook #bookRecommendations #BookSky

Save the date for the 30th Joan Oates Institute June 9-13, 2025, featuring keynote speaker, author, artist, and #macarthurgenius Lynda Barry!

@dandq.bsky.social @urichmond.bsky.social @urspcs.bsky.social #cartoonist #writer #artintegration #integrated learning

Congratulations to Dr. Shailaja Paik for winning the MacArthur 'Genius' Grant! Her work amplifies Dalit voices and the fight against caste oppression in India and beyond. A win for all fighting for justice! #DalitRights #CasteAbolition #MacArthurGenius #HindusForHumanRights

The Bonus #MacArthurGenius Grant is for doing something pretty good on the day they give out the regular grants

The world is ending, but at least Nikole Hannah-Jones got a genius grant. #MacarthurGenius #yassss