1 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,047 - Good evening, everyone. 2 00:04:58,047 --> 00:05:00,157 Thanks so much for joining us tonight. 3 00:05:00,157 --> 00:05:03,971 We are thrilled to be able to share a little bit tonight 4 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:08,080 about the work that our undergraduates are able to do 5 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,763 while they're with us in the course 6 00:05:09,763 --> 00:05:12,590 of their four years at UVM. 7 00:05:12,590 --> 00:05:16,378 Tonight, we're gonna hear from a couple of students 8 00:05:16,378 --> 00:05:18,153 and their professors 9 00:05:18,153 --> 00:05:21,608 about different kinds of research 10 00:05:21,608 --> 00:05:25,790 that undergraduates can participate in, 11 00:05:25,790 --> 00:05:29,311 and two pretty distinct areas 12 00:05:29,311 --> 00:05:33,698 of research that happened on campus. 13 00:05:33,698 --> 00:05:37,800 I've been at UVM for 19 years now. 14 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,643 I'm a professor of Art History 15 00:05:39,643 --> 00:05:41,214 and I'm also an associate dean 16 00:05:41,214 --> 00:05:43,840 in the College of Arts and Sciences. 17 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:45,760 I've worked closely with students 18 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,344 and involved them in my own research for years. 19 00:05:49,344 --> 00:05:52,912 In fact, I rely on my students both 20 00:05:52,912 --> 00:05:55,288 in terms of the kind of research questions 21 00:05:55,288 --> 00:05:57,400 and how I frame them, 22 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,270 but actually carrying out some of the research that I do. 23 00:06:01,270 --> 00:06:02,103 And in fact, 24 00:06:02,103 --> 00:06:04,640 we'll be hearing from a student of mine tonight 25 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:09,280 who is both my research assistant this semester 26 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:11,998 and is participating in a larger research project 27 00:06:11,998 --> 00:06:15,360 that I'm engaged with at UVM 28 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,388 with an important community partner. 29 00:06:18,388 --> 00:06:22,090 We'll also be hearing from another student 30 00:06:22,090 --> 00:06:25,943 and professor cohort who will talk 31 00:06:25,943 --> 00:06:30,332 about an exciting environmental-based project. 32 00:06:30,332 --> 00:06:34,058 The environment is a big part of who we are at UVM 33 00:06:34,058 --> 00:06:36,026 and our students are very much engaged 34 00:06:36,026 --> 00:06:40,085 in the research questions around 35 00:06:40,085 --> 00:06:41,900 how to save our earth, 36 00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:45,360 environmental activism, the impact of racism, 37 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,110 on racism, and in the environment, 38 00:06:48,110 --> 00:06:51,750 and those intersections among many other questions, 39 00:06:51,750 --> 00:06:53,280 which they engage in, 40 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:55,330 both in the College of Arts and Sciences 41 00:06:55,330 --> 00:06:59,425 and through our partners across the university. 42 00:06:59,425 --> 00:07:04,425 So, you know, it may seem early on in a student's career 43 00:07:04,730 --> 00:07:09,090 if they are a first year student right now at UVM, 44 00:07:09,090 --> 00:07:11,780 they may only be in their seventh week of classes 45 00:07:11,780 --> 00:07:15,593 and just really try and get settled into everything. 46 00:07:15,593 --> 00:07:18,510 But, you know, it's important to know 47 00:07:18,510 --> 00:07:21,240 that there are many resources available 48 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,833 to help students both locate a faculty member to work with, 49 00:07:25,833 --> 00:07:29,538 but also many others who have resources on campus 50 00:07:29,538 --> 00:07:34,363 that help support students in their research as they grow 51 00:07:34,363 --> 00:07:38,169 into the scholars that we wish them 52 00:07:38,169 --> 00:07:43,030 to become a post-graduation and help tackle some 53 00:07:43,030 --> 00:07:47,885 of these major problems that we're facing in the world. 54 00:07:47,885 --> 00:07:52,560 So, some of the supports are of course our faculty 55 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,940 who are incredible teacher scholars 56 00:07:55,940 --> 00:07:59,119 and engage directly with our students in their projects 57 00:07:59,119 --> 00:08:01,170 as we'll be hearing about. 58 00:08:01,170 --> 00:08:04,250 But, there's also some research support offices 59 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:08,640 on campus that have funding that allow some further support 60 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,640 for our students particularly to do research projects 61 00:08:13,730 --> 00:08:14,563 over the summer. 62 00:08:14,563 --> 00:08:15,396 And in fact, 63 00:08:15,396 --> 00:08:19,530 the two projects we'll hear about tonight are such types 64 00:08:19,530 --> 00:08:22,137 of funded projects that students can apply for, 65 00:08:22,137 --> 00:08:24,481 have the guidance of a faculty member, 66 00:08:24,481 --> 00:08:26,940 have some financial resources 67 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:30,918 to get their work and, you know, 68 00:08:30,918 --> 00:08:33,783 make progress on their work if not finish it. 69 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:37,660 So, the UVM's FOUR office 70 00:08:37,660 --> 00:08:42,660 is one of those major resources for undergraduate students. 71 00:08:43,074 --> 00:08:46,274 We love acronyms that UVM 72 00:08:46,274 --> 00:08:49,860 and the FOUR office represents. 73 00:08:49,860 --> 00:08:53,349 One of those offices that deals specifically 74 00:08:53,349 --> 00:08:57,673 with supporting student research at the undergraduate level. 75 00:08:57,673 --> 00:08:59,653 We have other sorts of supports available 76 00:08:59,653 --> 00:09:02,839 for our grad students. 77 00:09:02,839 --> 00:09:07,839 So, FOUR is very much focused on the opportunities available 78 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:10,960 for our undergraduate students. 79 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:12,624 But enough for me, I think. 80 00:09:12,624 --> 00:09:16,260 I think much more interesting to hear 81 00:09:16,260 --> 00:09:20,927 from our first professor and student cohort. 82 00:09:20,927 --> 00:09:25,137 I'm gonna introduce you to Professor Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne 83 00:09:25,137 --> 00:09:29,801 who will be talking about his role on campus 84 00:09:29,801 --> 00:09:33,039 and the kind of support he offers for students 85 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:38,039 through the work he does for students across the university. 86 00:09:38,102 --> 00:09:40,525 And especially talk about a project 87 00:09:40,525 --> 00:09:43,114 that his student, Isabella, worked on, 88 00:09:43,114 --> 00:09:46,780 and Isabella will join us to talk about that as well. 89 00:09:46,780 --> 00:09:48,463 So, over to you, Jarlath. 90 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,130 - Great, wonderful, 91 00:09:51,130 --> 00:09:53,220 and thank you, Kelley and good evening. 92 00:09:53,220 --> 00:09:54,200 It's great to be with all of you. 93 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,810 So, my name is Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne. 94 00:09:55,810 --> 00:09:59,480 I'm the director of the Spatial Analysis Laboratory at UVM. 95 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,290 And when you think of Spatial Analysis Lab, 96 00:10:01,290 --> 00:10:03,960 you can think of things like you see on the screen here, 97 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,692 like drones and we do all sorts of projects related 98 00:10:06,692 --> 00:10:11,390 to mapping and monitoring our earth from above. 99 00:10:11,390 --> 00:10:14,317 And so, I pull students from across campus 100 00:10:14,317 --> 00:10:15,609 from all different majors 101 00:10:15,609 --> 00:10:18,525 and we work on these challenging projects that help 102 00:10:18,525 --> 00:10:22,158 to address these really serious environmental issues 103 00:10:22,158 --> 00:10:23,384 facing our planet. 104 00:10:23,384 --> 00:10:26,050 One of the exciting things we have is our drone team. 105 00:10:26,050 --> 00:10:27,160 And you see me pictured here 106 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,149 with some of our staff and students. 107 00:10:29,149 --> 00:10:30,758 Just to give you an idea, 108 00:10:30,758 --> 00:10:33,160 we were the first group in the nation 109 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:34,665 to use drone technology to respond 110 00:10:34,665 --> 00:10:37,140 to a train derailment here in Vermont, 111 00:10:37,140 --> 00:10:38,690 a number of years ago. 112 00:10:38,690 --> 00:10:40,390 And we worked throughout the nation 113 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:41,324 with government agencies, 114 00:10:41,324 --> 00:10:44,400 environmental groups using drone technology 115 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,210 to help do everything from respond to disasters, 116 00:10:48,210 --> 00:10:50,774 to inspect our aging infrastructure, 117 00:10:50,774 --> 00:10:53,212 such as our railroad bridges. 118 00:10:53,212 --> 00:10:56,112 We also do a tremendous amount of work 119 00:10:56,112 --> 00:10:58,490 around tree canopy assessments, 120 00:10:58,490 --> 00:11:00,614 and we're helping communities deal 121 00:11:00,614 --> 00:11:04,350 with some of the most important and life-threatening issues, 122 00:11:04,350 --> 00:11:08,150 which will affect us as a species in the coming years 123 00:11:08,150 --> 00:11:11,240 and that's climate change due to both global environment. 124 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,073 And then also, 125 00:11:12,073 --> 00:11:14,370 the oppressing heat we've seen in the summer, 126 00:11:14,370 --> 00:11:17,047 which is exasperated by the amount of impervious surfaces. 127 00:11:17,047 --> 00:11:19,210 And so, communities throughout the world 128 00:11:19,210 --> 00:11:21,105 and throughout the United States are really struggling 129 00:11:21,105 --> 00:11:24,150 on how they deal with these rising temperatures 130 00:11:24,150 --> 00:11:26,742 and the impact that it's having on their populations. 131 00:11:26,742 --> 00:11:28,640 And so, many communities have turned 132 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,160 towards their green infrastructure. 133 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,260 I'm really proud that our team of faculty, staff, 134 00:11:32,260 --> 00:11:35,410 and students here at the University of Vermont did some 135 00:11:35,410 --> 00:11:37,530 of the foundational research and the mapping 136 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,832 to help New York City decide that they had the room 137 00:11:39,832 --> 00:11:41,630 to plant a million trees. 138 00:11:41,630 --> 00:11:43,682 And these trees are major investments for these cities. 139 00:11:43,682 --> 00:11:46,057 New York City spends over $3,000 140 00:11:46,057 --> 00:11:48,700 when they put a street tree and like you see here, 141 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:51,278 former Mayor Bloomberg vaunting with big bird. 142 00:11:51,278 --> 00:11:53,210 And what our team does 143 00:11:53,210 --> 00:11:54,633 is we use advanced sensing technologies, 144 00:11:54,633 --> 00:11:56,150 such as LiDAR, 145 00:11:56,150 --> 00:11:57,640 short for light detection and ranging. 146 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:58,940 If you're familiar with New York City, 147 00:11:58,940 --> 00:12:02,500 this is Central Park looking towards Columbus Circle there. 148 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:05,300 And this generates this wonderful three dimensional map. 149 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:06,604 And so, we can see through the shatters 150 00:12:06,604 --> 00:12:09,815 and pick up every single tree on the landscape. 151 00:12:09,815 --> 00:12:11,208 And then we use our GIS 152 00:12:11,208 --> 00:12:14,759 or geographic information system software to do the very, 153 00:12:14,759 --> 00:12:16,980 very detailed mapping to help them, 154 00:12:16,980 --> 00:12:19,780 not only account the tree canopy they have right now, 155 00:12:19,780 --> 00:12:21,714 but how that has changed over time. 156 00:12:21,714 --> 00:12:23,362 And then we do advanced analytics 157 00:12:23,362 --> 00:12:25,868 to help them understand how that relates to factors, 158 00:12:25,868 --> 00:12:29,140 whether it be the land use of who owns the trees 159 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:31,560 or some of the sociodemographic issues. 160 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:34,181 And we're really thrilled to have Isabella 161 00:12:34,181 --> 00:12:37,470 as one of our undergraduate research assistants 162 00:12:37,470 --> 00:12:39,113 who's doing some important work, 163 00:12:39,113 --> 00:12:42,023 and working with the City of Louisville and a nonprofit, 164 00:12:42,023 --> 00:12:45,941 there TreesLouisville to dive into these data 165 00:12:45,941 --> 00:12:49,140 to help this community chart a greener future. 166 00:12:49,140 --> 00:12:51,073 So Isabella, turn it over to you. 167 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:55,970 - That's great. 168 00:12:55,970 --> 00:12:57,076 Thank you so much, Jarlath. 169 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:58,470 And thank you, Kelley. 170 00:12:58,470 --> 00:13:00,080 I'm Isabella. 171 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,283 I am a senior here at UVM. 172 00:13:03,190 --> 00:13:06,620 Environmental Studies major and minors in French 173 00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:08,632 and Green Building Design. 174 00:13:08,632 --> 00:13:10,565 So, I am part of Honors College, 175 00:13:10,565 --> 00:13:12,360 which when I was a freshmen, 176 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,385 set me up to do an Honors Thesis. 177 00:13:15,385 --> 00:13:18,107 So, I'm gonna try to talk about my research process 178 00:13:18,107 --> 00:13:20,680 over the past year or year and a half 179 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:24,160 or so in a somewhat chronological order, 180 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,710 though it's definitely not been linear. 181 00:13:26,710 --> 00:13:29,162 So, I'm super excited about my topic. 182 00:13:29,162 --> 00:13:30,208 As Jarlath mentioned, 183 00:13:30,208 --> 00:13:34,880 I'm looking into urban tree canopy and gentrification issues 184 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,559 in Louisville, and I'll get more into it in a bit. 185 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,143 So, next slide. 186 00:13:46,230 --> 00:13:48,590 Oh, okay. 187 00:13:48,590 --> 00:13:50,060 There we go. 188 00:13:50,060 --> 00:13:54,313 So, I wanted to talk about how I landed on a topic. 189 00:13:55,780 --> 00:13:58,967 So, last year in my Landscape Design class, 190 00:13:58,967 --> 00:14:00,810 we learned about the Highline Park, 191 00:14:00,810 --> 00:14:03,249 which is somewhere I've frequented many times 192 00:14:03,249 --> 00:14:07,395 over the past 10 years since it was implemented. 193 00:14:07,395 --> 00:14:11,312 And the case study that we looked at actually inspired me 194 00:14:11,312 --> 00:14:13,557 to look into tree canopy. 195 00:14:13,557 --> 00:14:14,844 So basically what happened, 196 00:14:14,844 --> 00:14:16,917 it was implemented about 10 years ago 197 00:14:16,917 --> 00:14:20,427 as an urban redevelopment greening project. 198 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:22,417 And what happened is that it was a beautiful park 199 00:14:22,417 --> 00:14:24,633 and attracted so many tourists 200 00:14:24,633 --> 00:14:27,172 that really raised the land values 201 00:14:27,172 --> 00:14:28,871 and led to gentrification. 202 00:14:28,871 --> 00:14:33,490 So, it made me really interested in this relationship 203 00:14:33,490 --> 00:14:38,408 in urban spaces between equity and access to green space. 204 00:14:38,408 --> 00:14:40,732 And so from there, 205 00:14:40,732 --> 00:14:43,911 I started thinking about just urban planning and tree canopy 206 00:14:43,911 --> 00:14:48,911 and slowly got into this topic of tree canopy. 207 00:14:49,033 --> 00:14:50,703 Next slide. 208 00:14:52,730 --> 00:14:54,555 So from there, I kind of... 209 00:14:54,555 --> 00:14:56,291 I started to connect with faculty 210 00:14:56,291 --> 00:14:58,330 and I spoke to a professor I had at the time 211 00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:01,863 and he pointed me to Jarlath because Jarlath works 212 00:15:01,863 --> 00:15:03,670 at the Spatial Analysis Lab. 213 00:15:03,670 --> 00:15:06,340 He works on these massive tree canopy assessments, 214 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:07,810 and he's an expert in the field. 215 00:15:07,810 --> 00:15:09,850 So, when I spoke with Jarlath, 216 00:15:09,850 --> 00:15:12,893 he so graciously gave me great ideas, 217 00:15:12,893 --> 00:15:15,940 welcomed me in and from there, 218 00:15:15,940 --> 00:15:18,322 kind of helped me refine my topic 219 00:15:18,322 --> 00:15:20,949 and gave me this great opportunity 220 00:15:20,949 --> 00:15:24,966 to work with this really recent 2019 tree canopy data 221 00:15:24,966 --> 00:15:26,433 from Louisville. 222 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:29,728 So, that all happened over the course of several months. 223 00:15:29,728 --> 00:15:32,299 And then in the spring of this past year, 224 00:15:32,299 --> 00:15:36,307 I applied to the FOUR office for summer research funding, 225 00:15:36,307 --> 00:15:40,314 something I was made aware of in the environmental program, 226 00:15:40,314 --> 00:15:42,906 but I applied and it was great. 227 00:15:42,906 --> 00:15:45,730 I got an award from the Gund Institute, 228 00:15:45,730 --> 00:15:50,418 so that allowed me to spend my summer looking 229 00:15:50,418 --> 00:15:54,050 into this data and getting familiar with it. 230 00:15:54,050 --> 00:15:56,751 And I knew all the while that I had the whole rest 231 00:15:56,751 --> 00:15:59,383 of the year to keep going 232 00:15:59,383 --> 00:16:01,016 and pursue the whole Honors Thesis. 233 00:16:01,016 --> 00:16:02,970 But, it was just a really nice opportunity 234 00:16:02,970 --> 00:16:06,760 to just have that time to explore the data 235 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,775 and get more specific on my topic 236 00:16:08,775 --> 00:16:12,977 and just be more exposed to the whole field 237 00:16:12,977 --> 00:16:15,320 and soak it all up. 238 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,333 So, that was the funding aspect of it, the backside. 239 00:16:21,510 --> 00:16:26,510 So, now I am in the process of starting my thesis. 240 00:16:28,058 --> 00:16:31,486 I guess I can talk about my more specific topic. 241 00:16:31,486 --> 00:16:34,353 So again, I'm using the really recent tree canopy data 242 00:16:34,353 --> 00:16:36,354 that Jarlath and his team 243 00:16:36,354 --> 00:16:39,791 at the Spatial Analysis Lab collected and organized. 244 00:16:39,791 --> 00:16:42,500 And so, I'm interested in looking at equity. 245 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:45,637 So, I'm pulling data from the Census Bureau 246 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:47,010 that is demographic data, 247 00:16:47,010 --> 00:16:49,831 and I'm gonna compare it to existing tree canopy data. 248 00:16:49,831 --> 00:16:52,159 So, on this screen, 249 00:16:52,159 --> 00:16:53,862 the big green map is the distribution 250 00:16:53,862 --> 00:16:55,628 of existing trees in Louisville. 251 00:16:55,628 --> 00:16:57,339 So, darker green, more trees. 252 00:16:57,339 --> 00:16:59,036 On the right side, 253 00:16:59,036 --> 00:17:01,550 we have a few different maps 254 00:17:01,550 --> 00:17:04,985 about whether you're below the poverty level, 255 00:17:04,985 --> 00:17:07,637 medium income distribution, 256 00:17:07,637 --> 00:17:10,856 and a non-weight population distribution. 257 00:17:10,856 --> 00:17:14,074 So, my plan is to compare these maps, 258 00:17:14,074 --> 00:17:15,327 do a statistical analysis, 259 00:17:15,327 --> 00:17:17,990 and we're gonna look at which demographic 260 00:17:17,990 --> 00:17:19,823 has the strongest indicator. 261 00:17:21,299 --> 00:17:22,763 Next slide. 262 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,461 And so, to state this research is kind of situated 263 00:17:28,461 --> 00:17:33,326 in really big issue that a lot of urban areas 264 00:17:33,326 --> 00:17:35,730 and cities are losing tree canopy. 265 00:17:35,730 --> 00:17:37,164 So, as Jarlath mentioned, 266 00:17:37,164 --> 00:17:41,430 this research can really help cities work 267 00:17:41,430 --> 00:17:46,117 to stop that trend and to keep the trend going up 268 00:17:46,117 --> 00:17:47,576 instead of going down. 269 00:17:47,576 --> 00:17:50,060 So, I'm interested in that portion of it. 270 00:17:50,060 --> 00:17:50,893 And then also, 271 00:17:50,893 --> 00:17:52,265 on the right hand side, 272 00:17:52,265 --> 00:17:53,560 there's a map, 273 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,320 a redlining map and how it relates to tree canopy. 274 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,067 So, that's where my interest 275 00:17:58,067 --> 00:18:01,760 of gentrification comes in on how historical land use 276 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,537 is still impacting the distribution of urban trees today. 277 00:18:06,537 --> 00:18:09,299 So, that is a summary of my topic, 278 00:18:09,299 --> 00:18:11,680 and a few things I will say just 279 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,110 about the summer research I did 280 00:18:15,020 --> 00:18:18,162 and where I am now is that I've learned 281 00:18:18,162 --> 00:18:21,810 that anyone can do research and it's super rewarding 282 00:18:21,810 --> 00:18:23,736 if you're passionate and excited about the topic. 283 00:18:23,736 --> 00:18:27,132 So, I was happy the way that I stumbled upon this topic, 284 00:18:27,132 --> 00:18:29,560 and it came together really nicely. 285 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,980 And every step along the way has been so much more rewarding 286 00:18:32,980 --> 00:18:34,721 because I've been really interested 287 00:18:34,721 --> 00:18:37,190 and supported by faculty. 288 00:18:37,190 --> 00:18:38,428 And so, that is my next thing, 289 00:18:38,428 --> 00:18:40,570 it's just reaching out to faculty 290 00:18:40,570 --> 00:18:45,367 and making connections has been so enriching for me. 291 00:18:45,367 --> 00:18:48,343 And just every time I talked to a faculty member, 292 00:18:48,343 --> 00:18:50,680 they always have something to offer 293 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,693 and it's just been really great to form those connections. 294 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:57,509 So, that is my project. 295 00:18:57,509 --> 00:19:01,633 I can wrap it up there and thank you so much. 296 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:06,700 - Thank you so much. 297 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:10,540 How fascinating, and I have to say it ties in perfectly 298 00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:13,762 with the project that Eliza, 299 00:19:13,762 --> 00:19:17,228 my student, is gonna tell us about in just a moment. 300 00:19:17,228 --> 00:19:21,960 One thing that struck me as I was listening 301 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,866 to Isabella that is important to understand 302 00:19:25,866 --> 00:19:29,145 about how we teach and how we develop these skills 303 00:19:29,145 --> 00:19:32,140 at UVM is that, you know, 304 00:19:32,140 --> 00:19:34,430 the Honors College has one pathway. 305 00:19:34,430 --> 00:19:36,410 There are many other pathways to get 306 00:19:36,410 --> 00:19:40,560 to doing this sort of more sophisticated level of a research 307 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,543 as you're hearing about tonight. 308 00:19:43,410 --> 00:19:45,621 But, we really focus in our classes 309 00:19:45,621 --> 00:19:49,290 from the intro level all the way 310 00:19:49,290 --> 00:19:52,918 to when our students are ready to graduate 311 00:19:52,918 --> 00:19:53,868 and, you know, 312 00:19:53,868 --> 00:19:56,319 work on big projects like the ones you're hearing 313 00:19:56,319 --> 00:19:58,110 about is we... 314 00:19:58,110 --> 00:19:59,273 You know, faculty are really trying 315 00:19:59,273 --> 00:20:02,649 to teach our students the critical pieces of, 316 00:20:02,649 --> 00:20:04,440 you know, how to do research, 317 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,210 how to read sources carefully, 318 00:20:06,210 --> 00:20:09,175 how to locate dependable, 319 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:11,530 well constructed research, 320 00:20:11,530 --> 00:20:14,639 and how to emulate that in their own research 321 00:20:14,639 --> 00:20:17,022 and writing skills. 322 00:20:17,022 --> 00:20:20,176 And that's what enables them to be ready 323 00:20:20,176 --> 00:20:23,260 to take on these kinds of projects. 324 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:28,050 Isabella also mentioned talking to faculty and truly, 325 00:20:28,050 --> 00:20:31,440 if there's one thing I can should really emphasize 326 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,390 to the parents that may be tuning in is that, 327 00:20:35,390 --> 00:20:39,127 you know, to really try to get your student to go 328 00:20:39,127 --> 00:20:40,434 and talk to their faculty, 329 00:20:40,434 --> 00:20:43,390 and faculty are always more than happy 330 00:20:43,390 --> 00:20:44,918 to talk about their research. 331 00:20:44,918 --> 00:20:48,854 It is where we find our passion in addition to teaching. 332 00:20:48,854 --> 00:20:53,400 And so, there's plenty of that we're happy 333 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:54,233 to share about that. 334 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:57,290 And sometimes, that's how we make the connections 335 00:20:57,290 --> 00:21:02,290 that lead to a research project for the student to work on, 336 00:21:03,014 --> 00:21:05,923 which is always super exciting. 337 00:21:07,510 --> 00:21:12,510 So, I'm gonna turn over the camera 338 00:21:12,511 --> 00:21:15,891 and mic to my student, Eliza Callahan. 339 00:21:15,891 --> 00:21:18,465 Eliza has been a student of mine. 340 00:21:18,465 --> 00:21:22,106 Oh dear, certainly since she was a sophomore 341 00:21:22,106 --> 00:21:26,857 and was in an Italian Renaissance class that I teach. 342 00:21:26,857 --> 00:21:29,468 Italian Renaissance and Spanish Renaissance 343 00:21:29,468 --> 00:21:34,231 are actually where my specific areas of expertise are in, 344 00:21:34,231 --> 00:21:37,710 but I also teach Museum Studies classes. 345 00:21:37,710 --> 00:21:38,650 And you know, 346 00:21:38,650 --> 00:21:40,567 where I believe strongly in the kind of professional 347 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:43,511 development that we need to provide our students 348 00:21:43,511 --> 00:21:48,470 as they go on in the Arts and Humanities in particular, 349 00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:51,620 where that kind of training is critical, 350 00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:56,250 but not always the norm in an undergraduate setting. 351 00:21:56,250 --> 00:22:01,250 So, Eliza has taken some other classes with me as well, 352 00:22:01,470 --> 00:22:04,104 including the Museum Studies seminar 353 00:22:04,104 --> 00:22:06,471 that I taught last fall. 354 00:22:06,471 --> 00:22:11,471 And from that group of incredible students 355 00:22:12,450 --> 00:22:17,000 to this research project that came forward 356 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,720 through our partners at the library on campus, 357 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,656 I selected a few students to work on that, 358 00:22:23,656 --> 00:22:28,466 that showed a special skills in terms of their research, 359 00:22:28,466 --> 00:22:30,830 critical visual analytical skills. 360 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:35,006 And Eliza was certainly one of those students. 361 00:22:35,006 --> 00:22:40,006 So, Eliza has started working on this project in the spring 362 00:22:40,470 --> 00:22:43,619 and then really picked up steam on it over the summer 363 00:22:43,619 --> 00:22:46,589 when she was granted a research grant 364 00:22:46,589 --> 00:22:50,042 through the FOUR office that the Simon Foundation grant 365 00:22:50,042 --> 00:22:53,210 that allowed her to focus on that. 366 00:22:53,210 --> 00:22:57,147 And then she continues to work on that project. 367 00:22:57,147 --> 00:22:59,470 And that is what she will tell you about. 368 00:22:59,470 --> 00:23:03,093 So, I'm gonna pass over to Eliza. 369 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:05,870 - Hi, everyone. 370 00:23:05,870 --> 00:23:06,703 I'm Eliza. 371 00:23:06,703 --> 00:23:08,928 I am a senior at UVM, 372 00:23:08,928 --> 00:23:11,142 majoring in Art History, 373 00:23:11,142 --> 00:23:15,123 and I have minors in French and Museum Studies. 374 00:23:16,155 --> 00:23:19,370 And yeah, like Kelley has said, 375 00:23:19,370 --> 00:23:23,083 I've been taking Art History classes since my freshman year. 376 00:23:24,030 --> 00:23:28,009 And I was able to kind of take what I've been learning 377 00:23:28,009 --> 00:23:33,009 in all my classes and participate in this research, 378 00:23:33,070 --> 00:23:35,822 which has been very rewarding for me. 379 00:23:35,822 --> 00:23:39,655 So, what we have been working on for the past, 380 00:23:39,655 --> 00:23:41,263 I started in, 381 00:23:42,950 --> 00:23:47,950 I guess now it's last fall with this project or last spring. 382 00:23:48,002 --> 00:23:50,090 It's been awhile on this project, 383 00:23:50,090 --> 00:23:53,228 but I have been working on it for a semester 384 00:23:53,228 --> 00:23:54,700 and then through the summer, 385 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,780 and I'm gonna continue working on it probably 386 00:23:57,780 --> 00:24:00,698 until I graduate 'cause there is a lot of work to do. 387 00:24:00,698 --> 00:24:01,675 But, we are working 388 00:24:01,675 --> 00:24:04,146 on the McCrory Gallery of Multicultural Art, 389 00:24:04,146 --> 00:24:07,790 which is located on the first floor of the UVM, 390 00:24:07,790 --> 00:24:12,480 Howe Library, which is the library on campus here. 391 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,130 And our work has been 392 00:24:16,130 --> 00:24:18,860 to kind of give it, 393 00:24:18,860 --> 00:24:20,450 kind of like new life. 394 00:24:20,450 --> 00:24:23,230 This gallery has... 395 00:24:23,230 --> 00:24:26,150 The art has been donated in, 396 00:24:26,150 --> 00:24:26,983 I believe ninth, 397 00:24:26,983 --> 00:24:31,305 the 1990s by Professor H. Lawrence McCrory, 398 00:24:31,305 --> 00:24:33,151 who was at the time, 399 00:24:33,151 --> 00:24:36,708 one of the only African-American professors at UVM. 400 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:40,934 And he donated a lot of artworks that he had in possession 401 00:24:40,934 --> 00:24:44,077 to the UVM library. 402 00:24:44,077 --> 00:24:47,330 And it's on view in the library, 403 00:24:47,330 --> 00:24:51,040 but it hasn't been updated since it's, you know, 404 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,425 its first exhibition, 405 00:24:52,425 --> 00:24:54,630 which was in the 1990s. 406 00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:56,570 So, we have to kind of give it 407 00:24:56,570 --> 00:25:00,370 like some new relevance 408 00:25:00,370 --> 00:25:04,220 in what it kind of talks about. 409 00:25:04,220 --> 00:25:05,053 So, there's... 410 00:25:05,053 --> 00:25:09,373 The artwork is all by artists of color 411 00:25:09,373 --> 00:25:12,190 and underrepresented artists, 412 00:25:12,190 --> 00:25:13,539 which we don't see often, 413 00:25:13,539 --> 00:25:16,770 but it's great that we have all this work. 414 00:25:16,770 --> 00:25:21,386 So, we have me and another student 415 00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:23,044 who is a sophomore this year. 416 00:25:23,044 --> 00:25:24,299 I've been working 417 00:25:24,299 --> 00:25:28,141 on kind of coming up with new exhibition ideas 418 00:25:28,141 --> 00:25:31,422 and new ways to like represent this artwork 419 00:25:31,422 --> 00:25:34,285 in a more updated fashion. 420 00:25:34,285 --> 00:25:37,600 A lot of the wall labels are pretty dated 421 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,487 and don't really give enough, you know, 422 00:25:41,487 --> 00:25:43,038 information about the paintings, 423 00:25:43,038 --> 00:25:44,458 about the artist. 424 00:25:44,458 --> 00:25:49,097 So, we've been working on rewriting all of the wall texts, 425 00:25:49,097 --> 00:25:51,935 and writing artist's biographies 426 00:25:51,935 --> 00:25:55,760 that will be displayed once this new rehang is, 427 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,486 you know, underway. 428 00:25:58,486 --> 00:26:01,256 So this, these are some images 429 00:26:01,256 --> 00:26:04,605 of the H. Lawrence McCrory Gallery, 430 00:26:04,605 --> 00:26:06,360 which you can go visit. 431 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,918 It's on the first floor of the library. 432 00:26:08,918 --> 00:26:11,690 It is over to the side. 433 00:26:11,690 --> 00:26:14,557 There are like some tables where students do work, 434 00:26:14,557 --> 00:26:18,352 but it's often overlooked I think, 435 00:26:18,352 --> 00:26:19,560 because in part, 436 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,550 because it's in the library. 437 00:26:22,550 --> 00:26:23,880 You know, that's the study space. 438 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,970 People are kind of focused on their own work and stuff, 439 00:26:27,970 --> 00:26:28,803 but also, I think, 440 00:26:28,803 --> 00:26:31,733 because the artwork just kind of blends in with the walls. 441 00:26:33,316 --> 00:26:36,120 So, a lot of our work 442 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:40,330 that we are trying to do 443 00:26:40,330 --> 00:26:43,706 for the gallery is to refresh it, 444 00:26:43,706 --> 00:26:47,683 and to kind of make people notice that it's there. 445 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:52,673 Here are some of the works that are in the collection. 446 00:26:56,882 --> 00:27:00,640 I think there's a total of like 25 works, 447 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,277 but yeah, part of the new exhibition 448 00:27:04,277 --> 00:27:06,440 is a theme. 449 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,529 We're gonna go with something that talks 450 00:27:08,529 --> 00:27:11,622 about environmental racism 451 00:27:11,622 --> 00:27:14,250 and how the connection 452 00:27:14,250 --> 00:27:18,328 to land is influenced by tradition, 453 00:27:18,328 --> 00:27:22,750 culture, race, and how all of that is represented 454 00:27:22,750 --> 00:27:26,153 in the art that we have here. 455 00:27:26,153 --> 00:27:28,782 And we think that UVM is a great place to do that 456 00:27:28,782 --> 00:27:30,510 because of, you know, 457 00:27:30,510 --> 00:27:34,280 our general UVM has a general sense of interest 458 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:38,500 in sustainability and environmental issues. 459 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:41,610 So, we think that this exhibition theme 460 00:27:41,610 --> 00:27:43,653 will be pretty accessible. 461 00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:48,373 But, I think that that's the end of my slides. 462 00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:54,453 I'm gonna stop sharing my content. 463 00:27:56,739 --> 00:27:59,370 But yeah, just to reiterate what Kelley said 464 00:27:59,370 --> 00:28:00,203 in the beginning, 465 00:28:00,203 --> 00:28:02,641 I was able to take her class, 466 00:28:02,641 --> 00:28:07,101 her Museum Studies class in my, 467 00:28:07,101 --> 00:28:10,140 I guess junior year now it's a year ago. 468 00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:13,814 And it's been really rewarding to be able to work 469 00:28:13,814 --> 00:28:16,161 on some like tangible, you know, 470 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:19,852 work that's within my field of interests. 471 00:28:19,852 --> 00:28:22,300 That's also on campus, 472 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:24,827 which I think is really important 473 00:28:24,827 --> 00:28:27,386 because it's gonna be accessible to people, 474 00:28:27,386 --> 00:28:29,554 to students, and faculty, 475 00:28:29,554 --> 00:28:32,615 and staff, and also to visitors of UVM. 476 00:28:32,615 --> 00:28:33,749 And they can get a sense of, 477 00:28:33,749 --> 00:28:36,474 you know, why do we have this artwork? 478 00:28:36,474 --> 00:28:38,150 You know, where's it from? 479 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:42,951 Why is it important that we show it in an updated way? 480 00:28:42,951 --> 00:28:46,343 And yeah, I've really enjoyed my time working on it so far. 481 00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:53,590 - All right. 482 00:28:53,590 --> 00:28:55,013 Thank you so much, Eliza. 483 00:28:56,838 --> 00:29:00,958 So, I really appreciate what Eliza was saying 484 00:29:00,958 --> 00:29:01,969 about the project. 485 00:29:01,969 --> 00:29:04,667 I think she's being quite modest about the works that's gone 486 00:29:04,667 --> 00:29:09,574 into making it come to such a closer reality 487 00:29:09,574 --> 00:29:10,920 with being rehung. 488 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,343 Hopefully next semester, 489 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,113 the project that the students worked 490 00:29:17,113 --> 00:29:20,560 on involved a complete overhaul 491 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,428 of a totally neglected space and of work, 492 00:29:24,428 --> 00:29:26,690 much of which was in storage. 493 00:29:26,690 --> 00:29:31,343 And this group of students really had to rebuild, 494 00:29:31,343 --> 00:29:34,542 think through how outdated the texts were, 495 00:29:34,542 --> 00:29:37,263 and how outdated the display was, 496 00:29:37,263 --> 00:29:42,263 and figure out a theme as Eliza has talked about. 497 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,440 And this is, 498 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:44,273 as Eliza was saying, 499 00:29:44,273 --> 00:29:48,568 so important as we think about the intersections 500 00:29:48,568 --> 00:29:52,210 between race, ecology, 501 00:29:52,210 --> 00:29:55,935 the place of UVM changes 502 00:29:55,935 --> 00:30:00,230 in the demographics 503 00:30:00,230 --> 00:30:01,731 of the Burlington Community, 504 00:30:01,731 --> 00:30:05,210 and how we may engage in more responsible ways 505 00:30:05,210 --> 00:30:07,706 with the community that's around us. 506 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:10,067 So, this has been a really important project 507 00:30:10,067 --> 00:30:14,649 that will culminate in a very new look for the gallery, 508 00:30:14,649 --> 00:30:18,138 but also new ways to do that kind of outreach 509 00:30:18,138 --> 00:30:20,898 with local schools and other partners 510 00:30:20,898 --> 00:30:23,488 around the Burlington area. 511 00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:26,603 And Eliza has just done amazing work on that, 512 00:30:26,603 --> 00:30:28,847 which I'm very grateful for. 513 00:30:28,847 --> 00:30:31,548 Eliza also is helping me this semester 514 00:30:31,548 --> 00:30:34,335 as a research assistant. 515 00:30:34,335 --> 00:30:35,301 And, you know, 516 00:30:35,301 --> 00:30:38,400 I rely on her help 517 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,759 to do the kind of pragmatic 518 00:30:42,759 --> 00:30:44,906 time-saving kind of stuff 519 00:30:44,906 --> 00:30:48,097 like getting books for me from the library, 520 00:30:48,097 --> 00:30:50,333 but also for helping me 521 00:30:50,333 --> 00:30:52,567 with the variety of research projects 522 00:30:52,567 --> 00:30:55,960 that I have going on right now, 523 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,060 including, you know, 524 00:30:57,060 --> 00:31:00,586 a project on public monuments in the United States 525 00:31:00,586 --> 00:31:03,100 that have been deemed problematic, 526 00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:07,458 or working on a collection of art that in the 17th century 527 00:31:07,458 --> 00:31:11,210 and 18th century was moved from Italy to Spain 528 00:31:11,210 --> 00:31:12,366 and then dispersed. 529 00:31:12,366 --> 00:31:16,499 So, the various areas that I'm interested in, 530 00:31:16,499 --> 00:31:19,040 I brought her on board with, 531 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:20,946 and because of her language knowledge, 532 00:31:20,946 --> 00:31:24,792 and because of her skills as a researcher 533 00:31:24,792 --> 00:31:28,770 and writer that she's developed over her four years here, 534 00:31:28,770 --> 00:31:32,197 I can rely on her as a partner in this research 535 00:31:32,197 --> 00:31:33,761 that I'm working on. 536 00:31:33,761 --> 00:31:36,721 And certainly, I'm grateful for that support, 537 00:31:36,721 --> 00:31:39,120 but I do think, you know, 538 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,977 it's a way that not only do I connect with my students, 539 00:31:41,977 --> 00:31:46,228 but I help them understand what you can do with art history 540 00:31:46,228 --> 00:31:48,647 in terms of the research in the future, 541 00:31:48,647 --> 00:31:49,782 what new fields we have, 542 00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:52,794 and what opportunities there are out there, 543 00:31:52,794 --> 00:31:55,806 which is I think really critical. 544 00:31:55,806 --> 00:31:58,320 So tonight, you've heard both 545 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,730 from areas of environmental studies, 546 00:32:02,730 --> 00:32:03,882 and in art, 547 00:32:03,882 --> 00:32:05,700 and art history. 548 00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:10,419 Research happens in every area of our college, 549 00:32:10,419 --> 00:32:12,142 the arts, the humanities, 550 00:32:12,142 --> 00:32:15,473 social sciences, and the natural sciences. 551 00:32:15,473 --> 00:32:18,230 There are opportunities for undergraduates 552 00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:20,460 in all of these areas. 553 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:24,025 You can check out the FOUR website 554 00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:28,042 that has information about Fellowships and Opportunities 555 00:32:28,042 --> 00:32:29,800 and Undergraduate Research, 556 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,300 which is what FOUR stands for, 557 00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:34,516 but it also has examples 558 00:32:34,516 --> 00:32:37,081 of undergraduate research projects. 559 00:32:37,081 --> 00:32:41,000 But, encourage your students to make those connections, 560 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,160 you know, when they are telling you, 561 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,790 which I hope they do about how excited they are 562 00:32:45,790 --> 00:32:46,756 about a class they're in, 563 00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:49,038 or if they've got that great professor, 564 00:32:49,038 --> 00:32:52,384 that's just really gotten them excited 565 00:32:52,384 --> 00:32:54,636 about a topic and they start thinking 566 00:32:54,636 --> 00:32:58,123 about other connections and other classes they've made. 567 00:32:58,123 --> 00:33:00,080 They need to go talk to their professor 568 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,743 and share that enthusiasm and see ways 569 00:33:02,743 --> 00:33:05,547 that they can connect with that professor, 570 00:33:05,547 --> 00:33:07,680 work on their own research project 571 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,230 with a professor's guidance, 572 00:33:09,230 --> 00:33:12,770 or participate on that professor's research, 573 00:33:12,770 --> 00:33:14,820 which can be an incredibly 574 00:33:14,820 --> 00:33:18,300 engaging intellectual growing moment 575 00:33:19,630 --> 00:33:20,812 for your student. 576 00:33:20,812 --> 00:33:21,645 And, you know, 577 00:33:21,645 --> 00:33:24,254 certainly it is one of the great joys of teaching, 578 00:33:24,254 --> 00:33:27,559 to see students as they produce this kind of level 579 00:33:27,559 --> 00:33:30,970 of research and then go on to do great things 580 00:33:30,970 --> 00:33:35,270 out in the world in grad school or in their careers, 581 00:33:35,270 --> 00:33:38,650 which is amazing to watch. 582 00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:41,115 Truly a true joy. 583 00:33:41,115 --> 00:33:43,999 So, I am ready to wrap things up 584 00:33:43,999 --> 00:33:48,762 and just really am grateful that you were able to join us. 585 00:33:48,762 --> 00:33:51,239 Please reach out to me in any, 586 00:33:51,239 --> 00:33:54,923 if I can be helpful in any way and connecting your student. 587 00:33:56,090 --> 00:33:57,035 I will also say 588 00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:01,454 that I advise the independently design majors and minors, 589 00:34:01,454 --> 00:34:03,100 which is another pathway 590 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:06,731 that students can really create their own way forward 591 00:34:06,731 --> 00:34:08,558 in their area of interest 592 00:34:08,558 --> 00:34:11,090 and research is a key piece of that. 593 00:34:11,090 --> 00:34:13,317 And I'm happy to talk to your student 594 00:34:13,317 --> 00:34:16,659 about what those options are like as well. 595 00:34:16,659 --> 00:34:19,490 And a lot of that information can be found 596 00:34:19,490 --> 00:34:22,808 on the College of Arts and Sciences website as well. 597 00:34:22,808 --> 00:34:24,845 So, thanks everyone so much. 598 00:34:24,845 --> 00:34:27,942 We appreciate your attendance and attention. 599 00:34:27,942 --> 00:34:31,855 And I wanna thank the folks on our side 600 00:34:31,855 --> 00:34:35,729 who participated and gave their time this evening 601 00:34:35,729 --> 00:34:37,233 to be with us as well. 602 00:34:37,233 --> 00:34:38,690 So, thanks so much. 603 00:34:38,690 --> 00:34:39,523 Be in touch. 604 00:34:39,523 --> 00:34:40,356 Bye.