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Louis Kampf Prize Announcement

The 2009 Louis Kampf Writing Prize in Women's and Gender Studies has been awarded to two students.
Minah Shahbaz has received a Kampf prize for her story "Freedom ?". Minah is a senior from Multan, Pakistan, majoring in Chemical Engineering and minoring in Writing.
Matthew Cohen has also been awarded a Kampf prize for his essay "Gender and Power in 'Psycho'." A junior from Newton, Ma, Matthew is double-majoring in Brain and Cognitive Science and Science, Technology and Society. The Kampf Prize includes an award of $150 for each student.

what is women's &
gender studies?

Women's & Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate Program that provides an academic framework and broad-based community for scholarly inquiry focusing on women, gender, race, and sexuality. Exploring gender with the tools of multiple disciplines, Women's & Gender Studies subjects strive to help MIT students better understand how knowledge and value take different forms depending on a variety of social variables.