MacArthur Foundation

Four researchers with associations to the UC system were chosen as recipients of the annual MacArthur fellowships, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced on Sept. 28.

UC Berkeley’s Master of Development Practice, or MDP, program, joined the Goldman School of Public Policy on Thursday, leaving the Rausser College of Natural Resources, or CNR.

Two UC Berkeley alumni had their morning routines interrupted earlier this month by an unexpected phone call bearing good news — they had been selected among this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows.

A UC Berkeley professor and three alumni were among 24 distinguished individuals who were awarded Tuesday this year’s MacArthur Fellowships, also known as “genius grants.”

A UC Berkeley professor of chemistry and three alumni were among this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows, recipients of the achievement award commonly known as the “genius grant.”

The center was one of nine nonprofit organizations worldwide that received the 2015 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, recognized for its work on war crimes and abuses in more than a dozen countries by “applying cutting-edge science and research to protect human rights globally.”

A scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory won a MacArthur “genius grant” on Wednesday for his efforts to restore historic audio recordings.

Kenneth Waltz, a prominent thinker in international relations and known as the father of the political theory neorealism, died on May 12. He was 88.

Berkeley based non-profit organization International Rivers has been recently awarded the 2013 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Solutions.