12 Professors Are Among the 25 Named Today as MacArthur Fellows

By JASON M. BRESLOW

Twelve professors are among the 25 MacArthur Fellows for 2006. The new honorees were announced early this morning by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

The academic winners include the youngest fellow named this year, a 28-year-old assistant professor of computer science who works on problems of Internet security;...