Spanish and Portuguese Student Christian Puma Ninacuri Honored for Three Minute Thesis

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Image captured by Christian Puma Ninacuri, PhD student in the Spanish and Portuguese Program

With overwhelming support, the “Instagram Favorite” for this year's Three Minute Thesis competition was “Ecuadorian Diaspora” by Christian Puma Ninacuri, a PhD student in Spanish and Portuguese Program.

Organized by the Graduate School, the Three Minute Thesis challenges graduate students to describe their research in an engaging manner, using non-technical language, all in three minutes or less, and this year including an Images of Research competition, featuring images submitted by graduate students and postdocs. 

Of her photo, Puma Ninacuri says: 

"By taking symbolic possession of public spaces, such as parks, the Ecuadorian diaspora has (re)created cultural practices to obtain a sense of familiarity and belonging in New York City. This photo shows one of those practices: the 15th #IntiRaymi celebration in Queens.”