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Celebrating A Trans Icon

Celebrating A Trans Icon

Michael Weber Dec 12, 2016 4 min read
As part of the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery’s “Bring Your Own Body” exhibit, filmmakers Reina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel previewed “Happy Birthday, Marsha!,” their forthcoming film about Marsha “Pay it No Mind” Johnson and her life in the hours before she ignited the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City.

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Inspired by a class she took freshman year, the comparative literature major studied Don Quijote as a site of performance.

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95 students conducted research, either individually or in groups, as part of the KINSC’s summer research program with 28 professors across departments in the natural sciences.

WHAT THEY LEARNED: Charlotte Lellman ’15

The archival research she did for her thesis on policing prostitution in 18th-century Paris helped convince the French major that her future is in archival studies or library science.

Where They’re Headed: David Roza ’15

David Roza ’15 is headed to Columbia University’s School of Journalism to pursue a masters.

WHAT THEY LEARNED: Colleen Cumberpatch ’15

The psychology major integrated all of her areas of study—including her minors in educational studies and child and family studies as well as her concentration in peace, justice, and human rights—in her senior thesis.

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