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https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/09/29/berkeley-inventor-of-blind-adaptive-technology-wins-macarthur-genius-prize
October 4, 2021
Joshua A. Miele got a text from an unknown phone number in Chicago a few weeks ago asking if he could schedule a call that day. The text was from a scientist at The MacArthur Foundation.
"When they ask you if you have time for a call, you say yes," Miele told Berkeleyside Wednesday morning. But he spent the next few hours in meetings, and given that he had nominated colleagues for the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in the past, he spent those hours thinking variations of the same theme: They do not want to talk to you about you. But this time, they did. It was announced Tuesday that Miele, a Berkeley resident for three decades, is one of this year's fellows. Winners of what's commonly called the "Genius Awards," get $625,000 over five years, with no strings attached as to how it is used. Miele is a UC Berkeley graduate.
"When they ask you if you have time for a call, you say yes," Miele told Berkeleyside Wednesday morning. But he spent the next few hours in meetings, and given that he had nominated colleagues for the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in the past, he spent those hours thinking variations of the same theme: They do not want to talk to you about you. But this time, they did. It was announced Tuesday that Miele, a Berkeley resident for three decades, is one of this year's fellows. Winners of what's commonly called the "Genius Awards," get $625,000 over five years, with no strings attached as to how it is used. Miele is a UC Berkeley graduate.
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