It was announced a couple of months ago, but still worth celebrating:

In September, Professor of Bioengineering Rebecca Richards-Kortum was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (aka "Genius Grant") by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Remarkably, she is the first scientist from Houston, the first woman from Houston, and the first Rice faculty member of any kind to receive this honor.

Announcement from the MacArthur Foundation:
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/970/

Announcement in Rice News:
http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/21/rices-re...ur-fellow/

Article in RICE magazine:
http://magazine.rice.edu/2016/10/richard...ur-fellow/

(12-12-2016 11:30 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  It was announced a couple of months ago, but still worth celebrating:

In September, Professor of Bioengineering Rebecca Richards-Kortum was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (aka "Genius Grant") by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Remarkably, she is the first scientist from Houston, the first woman from Houston, and the first Rice faculty member of any kind to receive this honor.

Announcement from the MacArthur Foundation:
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/970/

Announcement in Rice News:
http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/21/rices-re...ur-fellow/

Article in RICE magazine:
http://magazine.rice.edu/2016/10/richard...ur-fellow/

And she even got Rice some sports-related coverage:

http://www.runnersworld.com/maximizing-s...ant-winner

(12-13-2016 11:42 AM)WestGrayStreetOwl Wrote:  And she even got Rice some sports-related coverage:

http://www.runnersworld.com/maximizing-s...ant-winner

Great link - thanks for sharing it!