"Don't ever let the bastards get you down or intimidate you," wrote investigative journalist Charles Lewis in his final email to The Center for Public Integrity staff in December 2004.

My father's words were relevant then and now.

#journalism #journalist #MacFellow #publicintegrity #ICIJ

Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Karl Deisseroth of the Stanford School of Medicine! He won a #LaskerAward for the development of #optogenetics – a revolutionary neuroscience technique. ow.ly/Iif450GOeyc Watch an interview with him and #MacFellow ow.ly/EuqA50Q8xG0

RIP Alice Wong, #MacFellow and tireless advocate for disability rights and justice

"Meet Alice Wong, a writer, editor, disability justice activist, and 2024 #MacFellow using storytelling across various media platforms to increase the political and cultural visibility of disabled people and expose ableist policies and practices."
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Sébastien Philippe on winning the MacArthur 'genius' grant, nuclear war and academic freedom Nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, one of the 22 recipients of this year's prestigious MacArthur fellowship, explains the importance of bridging science, engineering, policy analysis, and...

I talked with Sébastien Philippe (@sebphilippe.bsky.social) about winning the MacArthur 'genius' grant, nuclear war, and academic freedom for @thebulletin.org.

#MacFellow #NuclearPolicy #ArmsControl #nukesky @uwmadison.bsky.social @princeton.edu @palfrey.org

The MacArthur Foundation just revealed its 2025 class of Fellows, awarding 22 people no-strings-attached $800,000 over 5 years.
#MacFellow #SocialImpact
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Congratulations to ISEF 1996 alumna Lauren K. Williams on being named a 2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellow! #SocietyAlumni #MacFellow

Photo: © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library As anthropology reckons with its past, present, and future, anthropologists increasingly seek to challenge inequities within the discipline and academia more broadly. Anthropology, regardless of subd...

Congratulations to Kristina Douglass on being named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Check out their new #OpenAccess article "Writing in community: Relationship building and accountability in knowledge production" #Anthropology #Archaeology #MacFellow

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<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library In southern Arizona, emergency responders rescue and transport unauthorized migrants who get hurt crossing the border, either when scaling the steel fence in urban areas or taking remote and dangerou....

Congratulations to Ieva Jusionyte on being named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Check out their 2018 article "Called to 'Ankle Alley': Tactical Infrastructure, Migrant Injuries, and Emergency Medical Services on the US–Mexico Border" #Anthropology #MacFellow

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Douglass (right) and her collaborator Ricky Justome excavating an ancient forager campsite in the Mikea Territories of southwest Madagascar in 2018. Credit: Garth Cripps

Archaeologist, Columbia Climate School associate professor, and 2025 MacArthur fellow #MacFellow Kristina Douglass shares her work with communities in Madagascar exploring past human adaptation to inform solutions to today's climate challenges: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/04/03/s...

Meet 2025 MacArthur Fellow Kristina Douglass, an archaeologist & Columbia Climate School associate professor investigating how human societies and environments co-evolved and adapted to climate variability. Douglass’s work in Madagascar is a leading model of community-engaged archaeology. #MacFellow

Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

We’d like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to archaeologist Kristina Douglass, Associate Professor of Climate at Columbia Climate School and our esteemed SSC member, for winning this year's MacArthur Award!

Learn more about her outstanding work here: obtlab.climate.columbia.edu

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I'm honored to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. As always, I extend my sincerest thanks to all my wonderful mentors, colleagues, collaborators, admins, and trainees who make this work possible. #MacFellow

Sébastien Philippe Exposing past harms and potential risks from building, testing, and storing launch-ready nuclear weapons.

Congratulations to @sebphilippe.bsky.social for being a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation’s "Genius" grant for his work exposing past harms and potential risks from building, testing, and storing launch-ready nuclear weapons! #MacFellow

Congratulations to 2025 #MacFellow William Tarpeh! The Stanford chemical engineer is working on sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources.

🗞️: stanford.io/3IZIBqF

besties a new #MacFellow for the times we live in

Nabarun Dasgupta Combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths and other harms from drug use.

The HUGEST congratulations to my friend, colleague, hero @nabarund.bsky.social for being awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his incredible harm reduction work and research. #MacFellow www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows!

These 22 exceptionally creative individuals expand the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding. #MacFellow

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MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

Congratulations to the 2025 MacArthur Fellows - inspiring creativity in action! #MacFellow

Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

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Congrats to Executive Director @tobykiers.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #MacFellow by the MacArthur Foundation (buff.ly/HOU1qb7). Also called the “Genius Grant,” it’s one of the largest awards in the US, honoring exceptionally talented and creative individuals.

Shout out to fellow awardees! 👏

News and Announcements - Resources at New York Education Department

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@wendelljamieson.bsky.social #NYPLSNFL #ForTheAndrewHeiskellLibrary #MacFellow #booktour #newyork

Joshua Miele with Andrew Leland: Connecting Dots: A Blind Life Tickets for Joshua Miele with Andrew Leland: Connecting Dots: A Blind Life in New York from NYPL. Scientist Joshua Miele joins us to share insights about life and disability from his extraordinary mem...

I hope you can make it RSVP here: www.showclix.com/event/connec...

@wendelljamieson.bsky.social #MacFellow #booktour #newyork

At the Presidents’ Council on Disability Inclusion meeting, we were grounded in a collective commitment to disability justice.

Thanks to @disphilanthropy.bsky.social for hosting and letting us hear directly from #MacFellow @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, and @movementphotog.bsky.social for pics!

US philanthropists warn against capitulating to Trump: ‘We need to step up’ Foundation leaders say charitable organisations could be next in the firing line – but must ‘stand together’ to resist

Ever and always proud to be a #MacFellow. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Standing and smiling for a posed photo, Josh Miele (left) holds up a copy of Connecting Dots with Jason Roberts (right) at LightHouse for the Blind.

Thanks to every member of the overflow crowd who joined me last week at the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired for my conversation with Jason Roberts – it was incredible!
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I was featured on @kpixtv.bsky.social last week for National Disability Awareness Month! Check out these clips from the segment.

Here’s a link to the full video: www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

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Standing and smiling for a posed photo, Josh Miele (left) holds up a copy of Connecting Dots with Wendell Jamieson (right) at Lofty Pigeon Books.

The exterior of Lofty Pigeon Books shows a yellow storefront with large glass windows. The window display features multiple copies of Connecting Dots - A Blind Life, arranged neatly on white shelves.

A packed house!! Seeing many New Yorkers attend this week's book event was so wonderful. A huge thank you to Lofty Pigeon Books for having Wendell Jamieson and me!

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So proud to be a #MacFellow now and always. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

The BlueSky #accessibility, #disability and #blind overlapping communities continue to grow. Great to see my friend Josh Miele @berkeleyblink.bsky.social here. Don’t know Josh? Read his bio and you’ll know why you should! #a11y inventor, #MacFellow, soon to be a #BlueSkyAuthor and lots more.