Mimi Fuchs '13

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“In addition to providing an excellent and rigorous training in the physical sciences, Haverford offered so many unique opportunities that shaped my professional interests and career path.” – Mimi Fuchs '13, astrophysics major

Miriam (Mimi) Fuchs '13 works for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Submillimeter Array, a telescope located atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Read her Alumni Career Profile

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Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.

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Previous Thursday, October 27, 2016
Consent to be Seen exhibit
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Exhibit

Exhibit

October 28, 2016–January 27, 2017
Sharpless Gallery, Magill Library

Curated by Courtney Carter '17 and Kristin Lindgren, Riva Lehrer's Consent to be Seen borrows the concept of "informed consent" from biomedicine in order to pose questions about consent in the context of portraiture, especially portraiture involving subjects who are socially stigmatized. Details »

"66 Degrees, self portrait in response to my changing relationship to my body", 24" x 36" acrylic on wood panel by Riva Lehrer, 2016.

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Next Monday, October 31, 2016
The Right Brain of Darkness
Monday, October 31, 2016
Exhibit

The Right Brain of Darkness: Work by Tuesday Smillie

October 21, 2016–December 11, 2016
Morley Alcove, Magill Library

The Right Brain of Darkness is a series of watercolor drawings by Tuesday Smillie celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic sci-fi novel, The Left Hand of Darkness, claiming the book as a proto-transfeminist text. Details »

Four covers of The Left Hand of Darkness from the series The Right Brain of Darkness by Tuesday Smillie. Images courtesy of the artist.

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