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Melody Swartz was named a MacArthur Foundation fellow. | Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Professor Dylan Penningroth of Evanston won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant." | Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Junot Diaz won a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation. | Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Claire Chase | Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Natalia Almada won a 2012 "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation. | Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Dinaw Mengestu
Claire Chase
When Melody Swartz got word that she’d been chosen to receive a coveted MacArthur Fellows Program award (known more commonly as a “genius grant”), the Switzerland-based bioengineering professor and Glen Ellyn native was in the middle of a grocery store with ’80s music blaring from …
