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Pamela Long, D.C. Historian, Among Macarthur Foundation 'Genius Grant' Award Winners

September 17, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities | History

Pamela Long, D.C. Historian, Among Macarthur Foundation 'Genius Grant' Award Winners

Long received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of History at the University of Maryland.

From The Associated Press.

CHICAGO (AP) - Twenty-one people, many of whom are doing work that touches on race relations, same-sex marriage, climate change and other issues that are dominating the news, have each been awarded "genius grants" from the MacArthur Foundation.

The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced on Wednesday this year's recipients of the grants that have been awarded since 1981. Recipients can spend the $625,000 any way they like.

As in years past, this year's winners are an eclectic group, including scientists, attorneys, historians, poets, mathematicians, a cartoonist and a documentary filmmaker.

Among the recipients is Pamela O. Long, 71, of Washington, D.C. Long is a historian of science and technology who has researched scholarship and craftsmanship in Renaissance societies.

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