#  The Foyer Gallery 

 



       ![Full Assemblage](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/chsi/files/assemblage.jpg?itok=iuNIHwI_) 

 

 



 

 



 

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## **Turn Down the Volume**

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***A Special Student-Curated Exhibit***

   ![Turn Up the Volume Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2025-01/volume_artwork_1.png?itok=dlsfDIWh) 

 

Student Curator **Ada Vazzana** (Harvard College '26) is a concentrator in the Department of History & Science and a [2024 BLISS Fellow](https://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/programs/bliss-build-learning-through-inquiry-in-the-social-sciences/). During her BLISS internship with the CHSI, Ada came across a “women’s” pocket watch in the Collection. She wondered why someone would make an entirely different type of pocket watch for one sex. It turns out this particular pocket watch was designed to be smaller, more ergonomic for the female hand. Although the watch did not make it into the final exhibit, her interest in the contrasting size of instruments intended for similar functions led Ada to the theme of ***Turn Down The Volume**.* Ada hopes to have the opportunity to curate more exhibits in the future as she goes on to study history and information science.

   ![Ada Vazzana](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chsi/files/a_vazzana.png?itok=kM0gwxJJ) 

 

When she is not buried in archival material, Ada discusses the latest in sci-fi media with her friends in the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. She is also an avid runner for the Harvard College Running Club and Harvard on The Move. Yoga and weightlifting round out her athletic pursuits.



 

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###    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  expand\_more  

 

**Ada Vazzana is immensely grateful to CHSI personnel for their assistance with this project.**  
 Dr. Hannah Marcus,  
Professor of the History of Science   
& Faculty Director   
  
Dr. Joshua Gorman,  
Executive Director  
  
Erik Lindahl,  
Program Manager

 Suzanne Sroka,  
Curatorial Assistant  
  
Michael Kelley,  
Technical Applications Coordinator  
Social Sciences ASG  
  
and especially Dr. Sara Schechner, David P. Wheatland Curator Emeritus,  
without whom this project would not have been possible.  
  
**Ada also wishes to thank her fellow interns for their ideas and companionship:**  
  
Kayla Reifel,  
Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program (SHARP)  
Harvard College ’26   
  
Jayden Seay,  
2024 DuBois Scholar   
North Carolina A&T State University   
  
Ana Villavasso,  
2024 DuBois Scholar  
Spelman College  
  
**Finally, she wishes to thank LaKeyma Pennyamon, Grayson Kemplin, and her parents.**



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

#### **Fall Semester 2024, Spring Semester 2025**  
**The Foyer Gallery, Science Center 371**