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2 UW-Madison Professors Among ‘Genius’ Grant Winners by Mary Kate McCoy and Melissa Ingelis

2 UW-Madison Professors Among ‘Genius’ Grant Winners by Mary Kate McCoy and Melissa Ingelis

Sep 27, 2019 | News

Where some may see obstacles and controversy when it comes to climate change and art education, two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors and 2019 MacArthur Genius Grant winners see opportunity. Lynda Barry, a cartoonist and author, and Andrea Dutton, a geologist...
Madison cartoonist Lynda Barry wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award by Jim Higgins

Madison cartoonist Lynda Barry wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award by Jim Higgins

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Graphic novelist, cartoonist and creativity educator Lynda Barry of Madison is one of this year’s winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship, commonly known as a “genius” grant. In naming her one of its 2019 fellows, the MacArthur...
Here are 2019′s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners, including cartoonist Lynda Barry and Chicago urban designer Emmanuel Pratt by Steve Johnson

Here are 2019′s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners, including cartoonist Lynda Barry and Chicago urban designer Emmanuel Pratt by Steve Johnson

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Urban designer Emmanuel Pratt and cartoonist Lynda Barry are two of the 26 winners of the 2019 MacArthur Foundation “genius grants,” the no-strings-attached $625,000 prizes given annually to artists, scholars and other creative thinkers, the Chicago-based...
2 UW-Madison professors win prestigious $625,000 MacArthur ‘genius’ award by Kelly Meyerhofer

2 UW-Madison professors win prestigious $625,000 MacArthur ‘genius’ award by Kelly Meyerhofer

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Two UW-Madison professors were named 2019 MacArthur fellows, an award that comes with a five-year, $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend to pursue projects of their choosing. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Wednesday that UW-Madison art...
Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows by Eric Hamilton

Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows by Eric Hamilton

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Cartoonist and author Lynda Barry and geologist Andrea Dutton, both professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2019 MacArthur Fellowships. The fellowships, also known as genius grants, provide $625,000 stipends to be used as the fellows see...
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