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'Genius' Grant Goes To Marine Scientist Who Embraces Flash Mobs And Comic Books

Stacy Jupiter, a newly named MacArthur Fellow, poses with a puppet used in a show she staged for kids about how to protect fish. Jupiter is a marine scientist who works on ocean issues in Fiji. Rebecca Weeks hide caption

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Rebecca Weeks

Goats and Soda

'Genius' Grant Goes To Marine Scientist Who Embraces Flash Mobs And Comic Books

Stacy Jupiter works with the people of Fiji to protect the oceans. Two of her most important life lessons came from the Peace Corps: 1) listen and 2) nothing ever goes according to plan.

MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners Attest To 'Power Of Individual Creativity'

Recipients of the 2019 MacArthur fellowships, otherwise known as the "genius" grants. (Two of this year's fellows declined photographs.) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption

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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Arts & Life

MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners Attest To 'Power Of Individual Creativity'

As usual, the more than two dozen winners in 2019 span a range of fields, from fiction and cartoons to neuroscience and theoretical geophysics. Now they've got one important accolade in common.