New MacArthurs
Fun to google:
this year's crop of MacArthur Fellows:
- a blacksmith exploring the expressive qualities of metal (Tom Joyce)
- a biomedical engineer employing the biophysics of noise to enhance motor control (James Collins)
- a conservation analyst underscoring the role of fresh water resources in the global economy and ecology (Peter Gleick)
- a sculptor creating exuberant, gravity-defying work (Sarah Sze)
- a biophysicist tracking the behavior of individual molecules (Xiaowei Zhuang)
- a short story writer celebrating the complexity of life’s most ordinary moments (Lydia Davis)
- a gerontological nurse improving health care for older adults suffering from cancer (Sarah Kagan)
- an archaeologist providing new insights into the organization of the world’s first cities (Guillermo Algaze)
- an historian writing about Egyptian identity and modern Islamic society (Eve Troutt Powell)
- a science exhibit artist illuminating the order and chaos of the natural world (Ned Kahn)
* Ray, 10/06/2003 10:13:47 AM
