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Two Chicago Scientists Awarded MacArthur Fellowships for Innovative Research
Vincenzo Vitelli from the University of Chicago and Kaiyu Guan from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have both been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the 'genius grant.' Each will receive $800,000 to support their groundbreaking research in theoretical physics and environmental science, respectively.
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