MacArthur Foundation genius

Two Seattle residents among 25 winners of MacArthur 'genius grants'

The Associated Press

Writers, artists, poets, a virologist, activists and filmmakers are among the 25 luminaries named as this year’s MacArthur fellows. Meet Don Mee Choi and Trevor Bedford, two Seattle residents who received the so-called "genius grants."

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Seattle Poet Uses MacArthur Grant Money To Give Vacations To Exhausted Caregivers

Ashley Gross

Five years ago, Seattle poet Heather McHugh got some unexpected news: She had been awarded a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” of $500,000.For the next…

Shwetak Patel, a faculty member in the school's computer science and engineering department at the University of Washington has won a MacArthur Foundation genius grant.

Education

UW faculty member awarded 'genius grant'

The Associated Press

A University of Washington faculty member has been awarded one of 22 "genius grants" from the Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.KOMO-TV reports Shwetak…