Middletown Composer Among ‘Genius Grant’ Recipients

CHICAGO (AP) — Twenty-four people from a wide range of fields have been awarded $625,000, no-strings-attached fellowships from the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, the organization announced Wednesday. The so-called “genius grants” are awarded annually to people who have shown extraordinary talent and creativity.
The 2017 fellows are:
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, painter, Los Angeles.
Sunil Amrith, historian, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Greg Asbed, human rights strategist, Immokal