UGA 'Genius' Lands MacArthur Grant for Work Keeping Plastics Out of World's Oceans globalatlanta.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalatlanta.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."
A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among this year’s 25 winners of the John D. an…