Chats in the Stacks: Conversations About Water, First-Gen Week Edition

About this event

Water connects us all — from the ocean biome to the systems that treat our wastewater to the mountain communities that depend on clean water. Join three UVM faculty for a conversation about water-related research that crosses disciplines but shares a common purpose: asking complex scientific questions that address urgent societal and environmental challenges. As part of National First-Gen Week, we’ll also explore the paths these first-generation faculty members took into research and scholarship — and the possibilities that research can open for all students.

Panelists:

• Laura May-Collado, Ph.D.

UVM Associate Professor, Department of Biology and affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

• Matthew Scarborough, Ph.D.

UVM associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and faculty fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

• Beverley Wemple, Ph.D.

UVM professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences; faculty director, Water Resources Institute; faculty fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

Join us in person. Refreshments will be served.

To request disability-related accommodations, please contact Kate Bright at Kate.Bright@uvm.edu by October 22, 2026.