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Marlies Carruth, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program, says the interdisciplinary award seeks to “enable” people with a track record and the potential to produce additional extraordinary work.

Ryan, who will start in January, said in an interview that she has long admired how the Hammer has elevated experimental interdisciplinary artists.

The Inglewood school announcement comes two years after the music moguls established a Los Angeles Unified high school in the Leimert Park neighborhood focused on interdisciplinary learning and entrepreneurial talent.

According to a 2024 analysis by an interdisciplinary research team at multiple institutions including Northeastern University and the University of Tampa, the system has had “no effect” on both fatal and non-fatal shootings.

"The interdisciplinary nature of the study is one of the most exciting parts," Cai says.