Oakland Novelist Tommy Orange Is a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

Oakland author chosen for ‘genius grant’

Oakland author chosen for ‘genius grant’ Each of the 2025 MacArthur Fellows, which also include a UC Berkeley researcher, receives $800,000 with no-strings-attached.

Oakland Novelist Tommy Orange Is a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

The author of ‘There There’ and ‘Wandering Stars’ will receive $800,000, paid over the course of five years.

Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han named a MacArthur Fellow

Hahrie Han, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and inaugural director of its SNF Agora Institute, is one of 22 individuals chosen from around the world as a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. She will receive a no-strings-attached monetary award of $800,000, sometimes referred to as a “genius grant,” over five years. Han, 50, is the only Marylander on the list released this week by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which is k…