SMU Historian Ariel Ron Wins $800K MacArthur Fellowship ‘Genius Grant’

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Dallas Innovates, Every Day: Here's what's new + next in North Texas. Southern Methodist University historian Ariel Ron just made some history of his own: He joined the elite club of MacArthur Fellows. On Tuesday, Ron received a five-year $800,000 “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation. He...

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