MacArthur Foundation News

MacArthur Foundation News.

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  Google and the Muppets Tackle National Education Issues

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  by doing some reinvention.The Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age forum, which kicked off yesterday and ends today, and is sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, is pulling together 200 leaders in a wide range of expertise, from educational worlds to science, technology and eve Read More

  More like this in: Google, Teaching, Sesame Street, Sergey Brin, US, Technology, Education, Tech Does Good
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  2009 Genius Grants Recognize Achievements in Climate Science

  By David Bois | Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:53 PM ET

  encouragement to just keep doing what they're doing. The 2009 grant recipients have just been announced, and the results would suggest that the MacArthur Foundation is keen to encourage our best minds continue to tackle the global climate challenge. Among this year's crop of geniuse Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Science, NASA, Grants, Science, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences
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  Big Dollars for Peace and Security in Asia

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:41 AM ET

  Asian countries will be kind overlords when they eventually rule the world. Hopefully this initiative will help point them in the righ Read More

  More like this in: China, Hope, Asia, Peace, Security, Singapore, Corporations, Korea