The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows on Wednesday, a prize often called the “genius award.
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Here's how to dry out your smartphoneCalifornia makes Diwali an official statewide holidayDeloitte reembolsará parcialmente al gobierno australiano por reporte con errores generados por IAFuerte respaldo de EEUU: Milei elimina impuestos al agro en medio de turbulencias financierasEl huracán Priscilla se fortalece a categoría 2 mientras avanza por la costa mexicana del Pacífico It was an adNo, Taylor Swift did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime showPhotos of Egypt’s ‘strongman’ pulling ships, trains and cars in jaw-dropping featsCold-water immersion may offer health benefits — and also presents risksCouples should never go to bed angry, right? It might be time to rethink thatBuildings are turning to 'ice batteries' for sustainable air conditioningCold-water immersion may offer health benefits — and also presents risksFoster Poultry Farms recalls nearly 4 million pounds of chicken corn dogs due to wood in batterOne Tech Tip: Don't use rice for your device. Here's how to dry out your smartphoneCalifornia makes Diwali an official statewide holidayDeloitte reembolsará parcialmente al gobierno australiano por reporte con errores generados por IAFuerte respaldo de EEUU: Milei elimina impuestos al agro en medio de turbulencias financierasEl huracán Priscilla se fortalece a categoría 2 mientras avanza por la costa mexicana del PacíficoUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison professor Ángel F. Adames Corraliza sits for a portrait in his office at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in Madison, Wis., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson stands for portrait in the 6500-block of South Aberdeen Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Nabarun Dasgupta, Gillings Innovation Fellow and Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention Research Center at University of North Carolina, poses for a photo Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Ángel F. Adames Corraliza sits for a portrait in his office at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in Madison, Wis., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Ángel F. Adames Corraliza sits for a portrait in his office at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in Madison, Wis., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson stands for portrait in the 6500-block of South Aberdeen Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson stands for portrait in the 6500-block of South Aberdeen Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Nabarun Dasgupta, Gillings Innovation Fellow and Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention Research Center at University of North Carolina, poses for a photo Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. Nabarun Dasgupta, Gillings Innovation Fellow and Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention Research Center at University of North Carolina, poses for a photo Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. The MacArthur fellows receive a $800,000 prize paid out over five years that they can spend however they choose. The foundation selects fellows over the course of years and consider a wide range of recommendations. Fellows do not apply for the recognition or participate in any way in their selection.Ángel F. Adames Corraliza, 37, Madison, Wisconsin, an atmospheric scientist whose research deepened knowledge about what drives weather patterns in the tropics. Matt Black, 55, Exeter, California, a photographer whose black and white images investigate poverty and inequality in the United States. Garrett Bradley, 39, New Orleans, a filmmaker who leverages many types of material, including archival and personal footage, to tell almost lost and intimate stories, especially about the lives of Black Americans. Heather Christian, 44, Beacon, New York, a composer, lyricist, playwright and vocalist who creates complex, immersive musical theater performances that interweave the sacred and mundane.In their words: Lin-Manuel Miranda on his connection to Puerto Rico – and love for Bad BunnyNabarun Dasgupta, 46, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, an epidemiologist who helped create tools to identify unregulated substances in street drugs and designed other harm reduction interventions. Kristina Douglass, 41, New York, an archaeologist whose research revealed new understandings of Indigenous conservation practices in places sensitive to climate variability. Kareem El-Badry, 31, Pasadena, California, an astrophysicist who developed new approaches to understanding existing datasets that have revealed new knowledge about how stars form and interact. Jeremy Frey, 46, Eddington, Maine, an artist whose mastery of Wabanaki basket weaving both carries on traditional practices and finds new possibilities in the materials and techniques. Hahrie Han, 50, Baltimore, a political scientist whose research illuminated what helps people participate in civic life and how to help them connect across differences to solve collective problems. Tonika Lewis Johnson, 45, Chicago, a photographer and activist who created participatory projects that reveal the consequences and legacy of segregation in her neighborhood of Englewood on the city’s South Side. Ieva Jusionyte, 41, Providence, Rhode Island, a cultural anthropologist whose diverse ethnographies investigate the ethical and practical issues that national border policies create for workers and communities who live in border regions. Toby Kiers, 49, Amsterdam, an evolutionary biologist whose research helped document how plants, microbes and fungi cooperate to trade the resources that each need to survive. Jason McLellan, 44, Austin, Texas, a structural biologist whose research into viral protein structures helped advance the understanding of viruses and helped to develop new vaccines. Tuan Andrew Nguyen, 49, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a multidisciplinary artists whose projects in film and sculpture draw on personal testimonies and community archives to document and heal from histories of war and displacement. Tommy Orange, 43, Oakland, California, a fiction writer whose books illuminated the experiences past and present of Native Americans in the Oakland area. Margaret Wickens Pearce, 60, Rockland, Maine, a cartographer whose maps document the relationships of Indigenous people in North America to their land and that narrate histories, incorporate knowledge and detail the ongoing dispossession of Native people. Sébastien Philippe, 38, Madison, Wisconsin, a nuclear security specialist whose research revealed that past nuclear testing by France and the U.S. exposed many more people to radiation than was previously documented. Gala Porras-Kim, 40, Los Angeles and London, an interdisciplinary artist whose exploration of museum collections challenged conventions of curation and often highlight what is lost or unknown about cultural artifacts. Teresa Puthussery, 46, Berkeley, California, a neurobiologist and optometrist who identified a type of cell in the retina that helps clarify how humans process visual information. Craig Taborn, 55, Brooklyn, New York, a musician and composer known for his improvisations and collaborations and whose performances reveal the full range of the piano’s capacity as an instrument. William Tarpeh, 35, Stanford, California, a chemical engineer who developed techniques to extract valuable minerals from wastewater that can be turned into fertilizers or cleaning products. Lauren K. Williams, 47, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a mathematician whose research is in algebraic combinatorics and also contributed to solving problems in other areas through interdisciplinary collaborations.Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. 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