The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded Genius Grants to 4 Boston-area artists and researchers and will receive $500,000 over the next five years.
The grants aim to assist the local winners to provide freedom and realize their creative vision. Winners include Harvard University economist Raj Chetty and MIT fiction writer Junot Diaz.
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When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.