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Stellar Detective
24 January 2010
Research Penn State profiles Mercedes Richards, professor of astronomy and astrophysics in the Eberly College of Science. Printed on the pages of Mercedes Richards' high school yearbook, a friend's parting sentiment reads: "Mad Mercy! Her ambition is to obtain a Ph.D. in Astronomy!" Like only a few of her classmates back in Kingston, Jamaica, loved looking up at the skies. "I made a decision 'round about 6th grade or so that I wanted to be an astronomer," she declares.
Read the entire profile by Adam Eshleman on the Research Penn State web site.