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Joining Lady Gaga's New Foundation To Build A Kinder World

Connie Yowell | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Lady Gaga Born This Way, Youth, Born This Way Foundation, Youth Leadership, Video, Education News

A virtual army 19 million strong on Twitter and 48 million strong on Facebook, Lady Gaga's supporters are primed and excited, and through her new Foundation, they can get the help they need to make a real-world difference for themselves and their communities.

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15 Creative Nonprofits Get Huge Grants From MacArthur Foundation

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 02.16.2012

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CHICAGO -- Fifteen organizations have been named recipients of the 2012 "Award for Creative and Effective Institutions" by the MacArthur Foundation an...

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FoundED

Susan Sawyers | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Donorschoose, Groupon, Globalgiving, Education, Macarthur Foundation, Social Responsibility Index, S.R.I., Impact News

Today's favorable income tax rates make it attractive for the mega-rich to give their dollars away. But how much of this private funding for social good wields influence over public policy?

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Can 'Work Of Art' Deliver?

Glen Helfand | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Steve Jobs, Jenny Holzer, Brooklyn Museum, Abdi Farah, MacArthur Genius Grant, Deafness, Artist, China Chow, Jerry Saltz, Work of Art, Greatness, Emerging Artists, Arts News

We all yearn for great figures in art, politics and culture, yet we are resigned to their impossibility. The hugely influential Steve Jobs was honor...

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Digital Badges: The Great Equalizer?

Lydia Dobyns | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New Tech Network, Digital Badges, Arne Duncan, Education, Technology in Education, Digital Media & Learning Competition, Complete College America, Ntn, Education News

It's time to "blow-up" our antiquated college admissions process. The archaic ritual of getting into college by SAT/ACT scores and GPAs has outlived its usefulness.

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'Genius Grants' Announced

AP | By CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 11.19.2011

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CHICAGO -- A Chicago skyscraper architect, a New York City children's choir founder and a North Carolina scientist who studies how to prevent sports-r...

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Two N.J. Principals With Vastly Different Views On Social Media In School

Liz Willen | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Macarthur Foundation, Online Bullying, Digital Media, Social Media, Education, Cyberbullying, New Jersey, Eric Sheninger, Anthony Orsini, Facebook, Ridgewood, Education News

Sheninger's embrace of social media was a big turnaround for a principal who had once banned cell phones.

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Uncommon Genius

Jane Chafin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Genius, MacArthur Genius Grant, Uncommon Genius, Macarthur Foundation, Macarthur Award, Books News

Author Shekerjian interviewed 40 "geniuses" for this book, all of whom had one thing in common: they each received a call one day informing them that they would receive a large amount of money, no strings attached.

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MacArthur Foundation Surprises 11 Creative Nonprofits With Big Grants

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A group that promotes sexual health in India, a Chicago-based center that fights to end poverty and an environmental group in the smal...

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Sargent Shriver's Chicago-Based Non-Profit Awarded MacArthur Grant

Posted 05.25.2011

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The prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 11 organizations recipients of the 2010 "Award for Creative and Effective Institut...

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Toby Tannenbaum Talks About Getty's "Open Studio" Program

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Open Studio, Macarthur Foundation, Museums, Getty, Toby Tannenbaum, Mark Bradford, Los Angeles, Arts Education, Classroom, Waiting for Superman, Arts News

Since joining the Getty Museum in 2008 as assistant director for education, Toby Tannenbaum has expanded its efforts to get contemporary artists involved in education projects. The most recent, Open Studio, is a set of free, online art lesson plans

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Camille Utterback and the Technology of Interactive Art

Edward Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pablo Picasso, Interactive Art, Camille Utterback, Computational Art, Macarthur Foundation, Arts News

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Meet The 2010 MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners

Posted 05.25.2011

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The famed MacArthur Fellows Program, which awards "Genius" grants to exceptional inventors, innovators and other creative types, has announced 23 new ...

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What is David Macaulay Up To?

Monica Edinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, David Macaulay, Children's Books, Books, Dalton School, Books News

The children book creator David Macaulay is a genius. Really. A recipient of one of the coveted MacArthur Fellowships, the so-called Genius Awards, h...

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Producing Sparks of Learning

Marsha L. Semmel | Posted 05.25.2011

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For many of us, sparks of learning happened not only in the classroom, but in a garden, a park, and especially in a library or museum.

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Solving the Wrong Problems

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Innocentive, Globalgiving, Rockefeller Foundation, Social Entrepreneurship, International Development, MacArthur Genius Grant, Dennis Whittle, Impact News

"The speed with which software-based activities and web innovations catch on has encouraged public perception that transformative technological change takes place almost instantaneously." Unfortunately, this is not the case.

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Kavli Prize-Winner and the Future of Science in America

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, University of Arizona, Roger Angel, Kavli Foundation, National Institutes of Health, World News

The biennial Kavli Prizes, which honor research in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience, were announced last week at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Three million-dollar prizes we awarded.

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The New York Times in Chicago: Under the Influence?

Curtis Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Chicago News Cooperative, Nonprofit Journalism, Chicago Housing Authority, Philanthropy, Chicago Public Schools, Martin Koldyke, New Media, New York Times, Media, Turnarounds, Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation, Journalism, Foundations, Chicago News

New York Times digital editor Jim Schachter has gone into full denial mode in response to a Columbia Journalism Review article raising concerns about foundation funding for nonprofit news.

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The ICC Review Conference, the Crime of Aggression, and International Criminal Justice

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

ICC Review Conference is an historic convening of the highest order for furthering the ultimate goal of ending impunity for the world's gravest crimes.

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Some Important Lessons for Global Academic Innovation

John W. McArthur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Academic Network, Macarthur Foundation, Philanthropy, John W. McArthur, Mdp, Masters in Development Practice, Columbia University, Unicef, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Academic Innovation, Global Health, RK Pachauri, Impact News

Earlier this month the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced more than $5 million in grants to help ten universities establish cross...

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Haiti's Fish and Coral, An Untold Story Of Environmental Loss

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some aid projects have focused on restoring the country's forests, but few have tried to fix the generations of harm that has been done to Haiti's coral, its mangroves, its beaches and, most of all, its fish.

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Genius: a Talk With Edwidge Danticat

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Florida, Author, Third World, Writer, Edwidge Danticat, Haitians, Malcolm Gladwell, Grid, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Third World Countries, MacArthur Genius Award, Edwidge-Dandicat-Memoir, Haitian-American, Aids, World News

"When [my first novel] was just published, people walked up to me and told me that someone who worked at their house is Haitian," Danticat said. "Now there are a number of people telling me that their doctor is Haitian."

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How Does a Genius Spend $500,000?

Tom Roston | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Genius Grant, MacArthur Genius Grant, Who Won Genius Grant, Healthy Living News

On Tuesday, the 2009 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, otherwise known as the "genius grant," are announced. How do geniuses spend $500,000 in prize money? Here's what they said.

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MacArthur Genius Award-Winners: Foundation Awards Grants

AP | By DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Social Justice, Sciences Health, Arts, Science, MacArthur Genius Award, Justice, Journalism, MacArthur Grants, Home News

CHICAGO (AP)-- A newspaper reporter who refuses to forget decades-old murders and a law professor trying to get people to forget the way they think ab...

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MacArthur Genius List: 2009 Grant Winners Announced

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following 24 fellows each will receive $500,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: _Lynsey Addario,...

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