Director of Undergrad Research and Scholarship, Professor Newfield, Wins $100K Magis Prize for Research

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The inaugural winners are Diana Kim, a political scientist in the School of Foreign Service; Timothy Newfield, a historical epidemiologist in the Departments of History and Biology in the College of Arts & Sciences; and Carlos Simon, a Grammy-nominated composer in the Department of Performing Arts in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Magis Prize, established this year, recognizes scholars in the early stages of their post-tenure career who are making an extraordinary impact in their field. The award invests in their research by providing each scholar with $100,000 as well as two semesters of leave to focus on their scholarship.