WebThe MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative …

WebThis list of Cornell University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Cornell University.Cornell counted 245,027 living alumni as of August 2008. Its alumni includes 25 recipients of National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation combined, 36 MacArthur Fellows, 34 Marshall …

WebMacArthur Center, shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia; MacArthur Fellows Program, fellowship/grant awarded by the MacArthur Foundation; MacArthur Foundation, private, independent grantmaking institution; MacArthur Freeway, segment of Interstate 580; MacArthur Park, western Los Angeles, California "MacArthur Park" (song), a song …

WebAlfred Nobel (listen (help · info)) was born on 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden, into a family of engineers. He was a chemist, engineer, and inventor.In 1894, Nobel purchased the Bofors iron and steel mill, which he made into a major armaments manufacturer.Nobel also invented ballistite.This invention was a precursor to many smokeless military explosives, …

WebMarin Alsop ([ˈmɛər.ɪn ˈæːl.sɑːp]; born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.She is music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Ravinia Festival.

WebMacArthur Fellowship. The MacArthur Fellowship is an award issued by the MacArthur Foundation each year, to typically 20 to 30 citizens or residents of the United States, of any age and working in any field, who "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work". The program was initiated in 1981. According to the ...

WebYitang Zhang (Chinese: 张益唐; born February 5, 1955) is a Chinese American mathematician primarily working on number theory and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara since 2015.. Previously working at the University of New Hampshire as a lecturer, Zhang submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics in …

WebThroughout the majority of Christian history, most Christian theologians and denominations have considered homosexual behavior as immoral or sinful. Today, within Christianity, there are a variety of views on sexual orientation and homosexuality.Even within a denomination, individuals and groups may hold different views, and not all members of a denomination …

WebOctavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.. Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother.Extremely shy as a child, Butler found an outlet …

WebRobert W. Irwin (born September 12, 1928) is an American installation artist who has explored perception and the conditional in art, often through site-specific, architectural interventions that alter the physical, sensory and temporal experience of space.. He began his career as a painter in the 1950s, but in the 1960s shifted to installation work, …