Ana Lucia Araujo, historian and Professor at the historically Black Howard University in Washington DC, was awarded the 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. As announced by the foundation: “The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced on April 15 their appointment of the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows, including 198 distinguished individuals working across 53 disciplines. Chosen through a rigorous application and peer review process from a pool of nearly 3,500 applicants, the Class of 2025 Guggenheim Fellows was tapped based on both prior career achievement and exceptional promise. As established in 1925 by founder Senator Simon Guggenheim, each Fellow receives a monetary stipend to pursue independent work at the highest level under ‘the freest possible conditions.'”