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UMD History Alum Ariel Ron '00 Awarded Macarthur "Genius Grant"

October 06, 2026 History

Ariel Ron '00, a historian who researches, writes and teaches about U.S. politics and economics from the 1800s to the present, will receive an $800,000 award as a new MacArthur fellow. (Photo courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation)

Ron's work is upending long-held ideas about the role of Northern agriculture in the runup to the Civil War and beyond.

Read more about Professor Ariel Ron's work at Maryland Today: https://today.umd.edu/historian-alum-awarded-macarthur-genius-grant.