This is my favorite episode of The Brain Scoop. I've been asked to return to UM and give a lecture on my museum experiences, this program, and the future of it all. This video captured the last time I was in that collection, my exact moment of departure, and I cannot wait until March when I get to go see it again after being away nearly 2 years.
Thanks for treating us to your moment. Cruel lesson is that you may be one with the museum, the exhibits, the people, and you have a caring and loyalty to them. Unfortunately, the museum...the business entity itself...does not have the same feelings back to you. So, appreciate the feelings that you have. Share them. And take them without reservation to wherever you want to go.
I started watching The Brain Scoop a couple days ago and it definitely shows how much you care for UM and its collection. It didn't came across as small because you filled it with life. This episode pulled the curtains back, first slowly, and then dramatically, and it's heartbreaking, but a fantastic means to show how underfunded and under-utilized it is. I hope things have been at least maintained and look forward to catching up in time for your March update.
I was just rewatching this one and wondering if you still missed it from your beautiful and well kept museum out in Chicago... It seems like apples v oranges.
Mr. Aranda did a great job capturing Emily's transition to a place where she would see her passion and effort met with similar enthusiasm. I may or may not have cried a little.
(1:25) "…I just feel like I've fought so hard, and it hasn't gotten me anywhere with expanding our space or getting more funding." It seems to be a sad commentary on our entire generation that hard work fails to generate success, but I'm glad that you have found a new place, and I look forward to watching more Brain Scoop.
What really inspires me is that Emily was a late bloomer, and that she became so passionate and an active advocate to the public about the beauty and coolness of museums. Thank you. When I go to the Field Museum, I hope I run into you or the people that you have shown in the video to thank you guys.
My very first job out of high school was at The Franklin Institute Science Museum. The floor staff was almost entirely made up of college students, many on work/study programs. Two months after I left they fired the entire floor staff and replaced them with untrained retired volunteers subsidized by government grant. Exchanging an opportunity to expose young minds to the joy of teaching science for a few dollars was a despicable crime. Their attitude towards science was made even clearer when they destroyed a large research library of primary source material, some of which went back as far as the 1820's, to make room for an IMAX theater and a couple of restaurants. A ghost of its former self, it has become totally dependent on income generated by traveling exhibitions created by other museums that are now out of its league. A sad comment on a what was one of America's first and best science museums.
My Girl Scout troop did a sleepover thing there two or three years ago. I've always been a STEM girl, so I noticed that there just wasn't a lot of actual science there.
Alanna R. I actually worked the _very first_ sleepover back in the '70s. I hope you had a clear night. It was so much fun showing the kids Jupiter and its moons back then.
I remember going to the Franklin Institute for school trips (it seemed like every year was the Franklin Institute). That was more than 20 years ago. How sad.
I was rewatching this video and was really curious as to what happened to the museum after Emily left it, so I took to google and found the website for the museum. On the staff page, Emily is still listed as an intern. It deeply saddens me to know that the museum has been left in such uninterested hands, and seems to be so forgotten that they haven't even updated the website in 3 years.
i've only just started watching this series, but i found this one really touching. also, i can't help thinking of the embarrassment of riches poured into sport programs while things that actually matter languish away in forgotten basements
+Lizzie Fleck You are the Chief Curiosity Correspondent. What a GREAT job title! It sounds like you literally just get to be curious and encourage the curiosity of others for a living!
This nearly made me cry. After this show got some publicity from decidedly NON-scientific things I decided to check it out and started watching from the start. After all of these episodes a certain kinship is felt and seeing Emily leave her cozy little museum and volunteer job that borders on full time hobby to move up to working in one of the largest Nat History museums in the world... It's an incredibly inspiring story. Watching her walk through the museum at the end and realizing the magnitude of this change is truly awesome.
I just started watching the Brain Scoop and this episode touched my heart. If I had any real money, I know what I'd want to do with it - supporting the sciences. In the end, the best way is to make sure our government support the STEM fields and institutions.
This is probably my favorite Brain Scoop video. There is something so special about working in a small collection. You remember the first day you stumbled into it, clueless and impressed and overwhelmed, and yet in a few years' time you unexpectedly find yourself having become one of the experts - knowing every nook and cranny of the collection, the how-to's and the make-do's - with so many crazy and wonderful and horrible stories about it and the time you've spent in there! Nobody else, or very few others, care about or know the collection quite as well as you do, and it's so hard leaving it behind, not knowing what is to happen to all those carefully curated objects. I had an herbarium I had to leave behind once. I'm ecstatic that The Brain Scoop was recognized as a gem that could benefit an even bigger audience by moving to Chicago... but I love that it started because of one person's discovery of and devotion to a small, obscure, but no less valuable, collection. :)
I partly grew up in a university natural history museum, where my grandfather once served as curator. In the days where there was no money, it was his labor of love when he wasn't busy being a mathematics professor. The Field Museum holds an incredible collection, and your enthusiasm for all it contains will never lessen your contribution to the UMZM. You've given me a new appreciation for my grandfather's work. Best wishes to you in this incredible new adventure.
I only discovered this channel a few weeks ago and stumbled onto this video. I did not realize Emily was from Montana and assumed that she always worked in the Field Museum. So learning that she knew Michael and Hank, and that she didn't even major in a science field was surprising, to say the least. The sheer juxtaposition between the latest episodes in the Field Museum and this episode with her saying goodbye to this humble collection is nothing less than awe-inspiring. This video was incredibly bittersweet. Emily looked so crestfallen saying goodbye to the university's collection, unknowing what its future would be, if it even had one. But now, in the Field Museum, Emily is so happy. Her curiosity has pushed her into history with the new butterfly species. Seeing someone like Emily, someone who didn't even think she was cut out for science, be passionate about it and continues to fight for its preservation is reassuring, especially with how tumultuous the world is now. Keep doing you, Emily. Keep doing you.
Emily, you'll never know how many people have been informed and inspired by your example as a young woman of science! Thanks so much! I look forward to many more revelations from you!
I love how gentle Michael's voice was every time he asked a question. I know it's already been 3 years and I came super late to the party, but man did I break down at the end. I'm glad to see you're doing well in Chicago, Emily :)
Congratulations I work at the American Museum of Natural History and I totally identify with so many parts of your story! Specimen care can be a challenge in many settings. This has been a great series and I am looking forward to more from a new location! I have loved all of your episodes and this one too. There are so many challenges and I loved it when you said you can interact with the collections, REAL STUFF! Some people think interactivity means a touch screen...
Without this video, I may have stopped watching when Emily went to Chicago. Part of the charm of Brain Scoop has always been that it was at a tucked away little place and it was so driven by Emily's interest. It was not another nature show talking about the same animals that everyone else fixates on. It was mostly Montana, it was raw, it was true.
Baby you got ball and I got RESPECT for you. I am currently going through a fighting phase myself and seeing you letting your hopes take you really helps me when I am particularly morose. So thank you, Next Stop, London.
All best wishes in your new adventure. It's great that Brain Scoop is going to be supported by the Field Museum! I hope people will take responsibility for your legacy in Montana.
I've seen this episode before and I'm just now returning to it after bingewatching a bunch of older dissections... and I'm emotional, I'm actually crying. So proud of Emily for coming this far and getting this amazing opportunity.
The was, in my humble opinion. The greatest Brainscoop video that you Emily and Michael have ever made. It very emotionally, and honestly acted as a watershed event in the history of The Brainscoop.
For someone just starting out in college for a degree in science, this video showed me that scientific careers are hard, unpredictable, sometimes discouraging, but still worth it. A love for science makes all that worth it, and, hopefully, helps lead us to a point of redemption. Thanks, Emily
It's silly that this made me cry, right? I'm incredibly sad that the Montana museum has lost both of its key driving forces and looks to be rather adrift but also immensely pleased that you now have a job you can live off of in an amazing collection. Finding your passion is no small thing. That's not 'pretty normal,' it's pretty amazing! Like all your numerous fans and well wishers, I'm so glad you have a platform to share that passion with the world.
Emily has such a great level of passion and love for what she does. I wish I could be just like that with whatever fate will hold in store for me in the future.
I think this video is so touching :) I think everyone has their "museum" they find hard to leave. For me it was leaving the Navy after four years. Most important thing is to have that "museum " in your heart and never forget it :) Thanks Emily!
"It still has brains on it..." Why did that make me so sad? Congratulations Emily. I hope someone finds the idea of your museum and comes to love it as you have.
Thank you Emily and everyone who works on The Brain Scoop. I didn't know how interested in I was in this subject until this channel showed up. Looks like a trip to Chicago is in order.
You know. You're the goal. To find that passion. The thing you willing to wake up everyday and go to, for no pay, and work for hours. Just cause you love it so much. This channel is amazing and you are amazing.
The closing of one door is the opening of another. I know we'll all miss the University but to take that step and move to the Field Museum will open so many new doors for both her and us as Brain Scoop watchers. I'm so happy for you, Emily!
I want to find "my museum". I am so clouded, right now, I'm taking Masters in Atmospheric Science and I honestly don't like it. I am not happy, I can't get any funds for my research..I want to find somewhere where I can put my heart on wholeheartedly no matter how far it is from my major. This has been going on for almost 2 years. I need "my museum" by that I mean like what Emily found when she started as an intern. I wanna find that, and stay there, grow there. Sorry for this long comment. Emily, you're awesome!
It seems appropriate, after this, to watch Thoughts from Dead Animals & then the subsequent very first Brain Scoop. Sincere congratulations! I hope UMZM comes to their senses.
I'm so glad you are going to be working with the Field Museum full-time but simultaneously this is so sad to see the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum lose you. I study in Chicago so I can't wait to visit the Field Museum soon. It's been over 3 years since I've been and frankly I never appreciated what it is that museums like Field and PLWZ do before the Brainscoop. Keep up the amazing work Emily and the rest of the Brainscoop team. Don't ever regret taking this step. DFTBA
I think it's important to remember that the sad state of UMZM and it's uncertain future is not because Emily is leaving. It's despite her dedication and hard work. So happy for Emily and excited to see what happens next!
HollarForADollar :D Volunteer go to a museum and ask questions and pursue pursue never give up on your dream. Make sacrifices work hard and push through bad moments to get your goal.
I don't think it's a loss for her. Anyone who is as passionate as her will find a more fulfilling job somewhere else. It's a loss for the university. Shame
I'm so glad that Hank went and made that first thoughts from places video at the museum and now we have the Brain Scoop and we're all a little bit smarter for it. Thank you to Hank and Emily and Michael and Heather Hsu and everyone involved in this show!
Emily, don't know if you will ever read this, but just want to get it out there that you are one of the few people I look up to. Your undying passion is truly an inspiration. :)
This is by far the sweetest, most touching tribute to dead animals I have ever seen. In all seriousness, Emily is a genuine inspiration. Not only does she make morbidity valuable, educational, and fun, but she embodies the ideal of someone who LOVES their work. I wish you all the best in your new adventures!
This was heart wrenching to watch. I hope everyone at the brain scoop finds happiness in Chicago and that the collection at the zoological museum is cared for and not neglected or forgotten. People especially future generations need to learn about our natural history. Thanks so much for being one of the best and most educational channels on TH-cam!
This made me cry. It disgusts me to know that there is a high chance that no one will be looking after the specimens left behind. Emily's work has been superhuman in that respect. Congrats, Emily, on your new position - I ADORE the new title.
I feel personally proud of this channel because I feel like I am part of the story it is in the middle of telling. Thank you so much for that. Wonderful video. I am excited to see what comes next!
Emily....this made me cry. What this essentially was was a 15-minute documentary of your love and passion for the one place that you have worked your whole life maintaining, and your journey to take the hard and exciting next step that you know you needed to at this point in your life. You're an amazing woman, and we all thank you for being the person you are, and the best person we know you can be. Best of luck in Chicago.
The open environment for scientific discovery that UMZD provided you clearly nurtured a passion for form, function and inquiry that is inspiring. It is fantastic that the folks at The Field recognized your talent from the first moment, but I too have mixed feelings about this transition. BTW, the astounding artistry of this post is absolutely commendable. Michael and Emily, your artistic expressions raise the bar.
I hope a science-loving Brain Scoop viewer from Montana can fill your position and keep an eye on that collection. I'm so happy for Emily though, this has to be something like a dream job, working for the frickin' Chicago Field Museum. I'm absolutely thrilled at the prospect of the Brain Scoop working out of such a massive collection like this. Congrats Emily!
Congratulations Emily, Hank, Michael, and whoever else is involved in making the Brain Scoop. I can't wait to see what Chicago holds for the next season!
I am SO glad there are people like you, who care so deeply and work so hard to keep up these things. Whether it's in Montana or Illinois, you will discover things and share them with others. Keeping that wonder alive is a very noble cause.
I am just so so happy for Emily. I feel as if she's found her niche in the world, her happy place and is finally receiving the recognition she deserves. The pieces of her life seem to be coming together, and absurdly, that brings me immeasurable joy.
I am so happy Brain Scoop will continue!! I was completely surprised by how much I love the show and that's always the best thing; finding something new to love.
I'm so happy you've been able to move on to an amazing new opportunity, Emily. Thank you for raising awareness about the sad state of funding for important resources like natural history museums. I hope that this publicity can open eyes and lend aid to museums throughout the US and even around the world.
I've been in that same situation too. Spent a year interning in museums and did a master's at the V&A in London, learned that for me it's not worth the risk. My parents can't support me while I work for free. Thankfully I've so far been able to make a modest living as a freelance historian and journalist, which I'm very grateful for as it's not common for writers to make a living.
Awesome and sad all at the same time. As a Chicago area native, welcome Emily. My family and I love the Field museum, and you will make it just that much better. You have definitely not forgotten to be awesome. Congrats!
I just cried through this entire thing. When Emily walked out of the museum with the soon racoon in her hands, I was laughing and crying at the same time. Beautiful words, Emily. Beautiful video, Michael. So excited for what the future holds.
I like the fact that this is such a personal channel. Even if it is about science, it's also about your relationship with your craft, and the museums you're in. It's become a channel about passion for natural history, rather than a channel just about natural history. I think that's good :)
Emily is freaking bomb example of how to do the whole "I have no idea where I'm going in life". I wish more people would push themselves out of their idea of what's sensible or profitable, and find things and places that inspire them to work on or with, even if they don't get paid. That's how I got into my field too!
This is my favorite episode of The Brain Scoop.
I've been asked to return to UM and give a lecture on my museum experiences, this program, and the future of it all. This video captured the last time I was in that collection, my exact moment of departure, and I cannot wait until March when I get to go see it again after being away nearly 2 years.
It does and it doesn't seem that long ago.
Thanks for treating us to your moment.
Cruel lesson is that you may be one with the museum, the exhibits, the people, and you have a caring and loyalty to them. Unfortunately, the museum...the business entity itself...does not have the same feelings back to you.
So, appreciate the feelings that you have. Share them. And take them without reservation to wherever you want to go.
I started watching The Brain Scoop a couple days ago and it definitely shows how much you care for UM and its collection. It didn't came across as small because you filled it with life. This episode pulled the curtains back, first slowly, and then dramatically, and it's heartbreaking, but a fantastic means to show how underfunded and under-utilized it is. I hope things have been at least maintained and look forward to catching up in time for your March update.
I was just rewatching this one and wondering if you still missed it from your beautiful and well kept museum out in Chicago... It seems like apples v oranges.
Keep us posted! Would love to hear how the collection is doing :)
Mr. Aranda did a great job capturing Emily's transition to a place where she would see her passion and effort met with similar enthusiasm.
I may or may not have cried a little.
I'm not even kidding, have you thought about submitting this in the short film category at film festivals?
(1:25) "…I just feel like I've fought so hard, and it hasn't gotten me anywhere with expanding our space or getting more funding." It seems to be a sad commentary on our entire generation that hard work fails to generate success, but I'm glad that you have found a new place, and I look forward to watching more Brain Scoop.
What really inspires me is that Emily was a late bloomer, and that she became so passionate and an active advocate to the public about the beauty and coolness of museums. Thank you. When I go to the Field Museum, I hope I run into you or the people that you have shown in the video to thank you guys.
My very first job out of high school was at The Franklin Institute Science Museum. The floor staff was almost entirely made up of college students, many on work/study programs. Two months after I left they fired the entire floor staff and replaced them with untrained retired volunteers subsidized by government grant. Exchanging an opportunity to expose young minds to the joy of teaching science for a few dollars was a despicable crime. Their attitude towards science was made even clearer when they destroyed a large research library of primary source material, some of which went back as far as the 1820's, to make room for an IMAX theater and a couple of restaurants. A ghost of its former self, it has become totally dependent on income generated by traveling exhibitions created by other museums that are now out of its league. A sad comment on a what was one of America's first and best science museums.
My Girl Scout troop did a sleepover thing there two or three years ago. I've always been a STEM girl, so I noticed that there just wasn't a lot of actual science there.
Alanna R. I actually worked the _very first_ sleepover back in the '70s. I hope you had a clear night. It was so much fun showing the kids Jupiter and its moons back then.
We didn't even get to do the astronomy stuff. We walked around for a bit, and went to sleep. That sounds like it would have been awesome, though!
I remember going to the Franklin Institute for school trips (it seemed like every year was the Franklin Institute). That was more than 20 years ago. How sad.
I was rewatching this video and was really curious as to what happened to the museum after Emily left it, so I took to google and found the website for the museum. On the staff page, Emily is still listed as an intern. It deeply saddens me to know that the museum has been left in such uninterested hands, and seems to be so forgotten that they haven't even updated the website in 3 years.
She isn't listed anymore now. Perhaps they read your comment :)
i've only just started watching this series, but i found this one really touching. also, i can't help thinking of the embarrassment of riches poured into sport programs while things that actually matter languish away in forgotten basements
I love that title more than anything
"Chief Curiosity Correspondent"
I'm so glad you got to take the racoon. Such a bittersweet episode ♥
+Lizzie Fleck You are the Chief Curiosity Correspondent. What a GREAT job title! It sounds like you literally just get to be curious and encourage the curiosity of others for a living!
I am 54 years old {in 2015}, male, and I got a bit 'choked up' over a stuffed raccoon....
I don't know how she kept it together. I almost couldn't.
I can't stop crying.
Emily, you're my favorite. I'll miss the Wright Zoological Museum, and I hope it lives on and continues to inspire.
This nearly made me cry.
After this show got some publicity from decidedly NON-scientific things I decided to check it out and started watching from the start. After all of these episodes a certain kinship is felt and seeing Emily leave her cozy little museum and volunteer job that borders on full time hobby to move up to working in one of the largest Nat History museums in the world... It's an incredibly inspiring story.
Watching her walk through the museum at the end and realizing the magnitude of this change is truly awesome.
I just started watching the Brain Scoop and this episode touched my heart. If I had any real money, I know what I'd want to do with it - supporting the sciences. In the end, the best way is to make sure our government support the STEM fields and institutions.
This is probably my favorite Brain Scoop video. There is something so special about working in a small collection. You remember the first day you stumbled into it, clueless and impressed and overwhelmed, and yet in a few years' time you unexpectedly find yourself having become one of the experts - knowing every nook and cranny of the collection, the how-to's and the make-do's - with so many crazy and wonderful and horrible stories about it and the time you've spent in there! Nobody else, or very few others, care about or know the collection quite as well as you do, and it's so hard leaving it behind, not knowing what is to happen to all those carefully curated objects. I had an herbarium I had to leave behind once. I'm ecstatic that The Brain Scoop was recognized as a gem that could benefit an even bigger audience by moving to Chicago... but I love that it started because of one person's discovery of and devotion to a small, obscure, but no less valuable, collection. :)
I partly grew up in a university natural history museum, where my grandfather once served as curator. In the days where there was no money, it was his labor of love when he wasn't busy being a mathematics professor. The Field Museum holds an incredible collection, and your enthusiasm for all it contains will never lessen your contribution to the UMZM. You've given me a new appreciation for my grandfather's work. Best wishes to you in this incredible new adventure.
I only discovered this channel a few weeks ago and stumbled onto this video. I did not realize Emily was from Montana and assumed that she always worked in the Field Museum. So learning that she knew Michael and Hank, and that she didn't even major in a science field was surprising, to say the least. The sheer juxtaposition between the latest episodes in the Field Museum and this episode with her saying goodbye to this humble collection is nothing less than awe-inspiring.
This video was incredibly bittersweet. Emily looked so crestfallen saying goodbye to the university's collection, unknowing what its future would be, if it even had one. But now, in the Field Museum, Emily is so happy. Her curiosity has pushed her into history with the new butterfly species.
Seeing someone like Emily, someone who didn't even think she was cut out for science, be passionate about it and continues to fight for its preservation is reassuring, especially with how tumultuous the world is now.
Keep doing you, Emily. Keep doing you.
Emily, you'll never know how many people have been informed and inspired by your example as a young woman of science! Thanks so much! I look forward to many more revelations from you!
I love how gentle Michael's voice was every time he asked a question. I know it's already been 3 years and I came super late to the party, but man did I break down at the end. I'm glad to see you're doing well in Chicago, Emily :)
Congratulations I work at the American Museum of Natural History and I totally identify with so many parts of your story! Specimen care can be a challenge in many settings. This has been a great series and I am looking forward to more from a new location! I have loved all of your episodes and this one too. There are so many challenges and I loved it when you said you can interact with the collections, REAL STUFF! Some people think interactivity means a touch screen...
i really hope someone has been taking care of that museum with as much passion and care as she did
Without this video, I may have stopped watching when Emily went to Chicago. Part of the charm of Brain Scoop has always been that it was at a tucked away little place and it was so driven by Emily's interest. It was not another nature show talking about the same animals that everyone else fixates on. It was mostly Montana, it was raw, it was true.
Emily, you are WAY more than "normal"! You're a marvelous, intelligent, charming young woman. Hang in there, lady, your life is going to be wonderful.
HEATHER HSU! Thank you for funding The Brain Scoop thus far! You are awesome.
I wish these specimens could have been transferred to the Chicago museum as well instead of left in the basement. :(
Baby you got ball and I got RESPECT for you. I am currently going through a fighting phase myself and seeing you letting your hopes take you really helps me when I am particularly morose. So thank you, Next Stop, London.
SO MANY FEELINGS
such a beautifully shot video. :)
All best wishes in your new adventure. It's great that Brain Scoop is going to be supported by the Field Museum! I hope people will take responsibility for your legacy in Montana.
I've seen this episode before and I'm just now returning to it after bingewatching a bunch of older dissections... and I'm emotional, I'm actually crying. So proud of Emily for coming this far and getting this amazing opportunity.
The was, in my humble opinion. The greatest Brainscoop video that you Emily and Michael have ever made. It very emotionally, and honestly acted as a watershed event in the history of The Brainscoop.
For someone just starting out in college for a degree in science, this video showed me that scientific careers are hard, unpredictable, sometimes discouraging, but still worth it. A love for science makes all that worth it, and, hopefully, helps lead us to a point of redemption. Thanks, Emily
It's silly that this made me cry, right? I'm incredibly sad that the Montana museum has lost both of its key driving forces and looks to be rather adrift but also immensely pleased that you now have a job you can live off of in an amazing collection. Finding your passion is no small thing. That's not 'pretty normal,' it's pretty amazing! Like all your numerous fans and well wishers, I'm so glad you have a platform to share that passion with the world.
The level of feels. Man, life goes on and our squishy biological machines keep going.
my heart is breaking. I really wish we could raise money to support it! it deserves to be taken care of!
Emily has such a great level of passion and love for what she does. I wish I could be just like that with whatever fate will hold in store for me in the future.
This video is a piece of art that should be on display in a museum, it paints such a complete picture.
This video still makes me tear up, just a tiny bit. It's kinda reminiscent of so many transitions.
Ah, Emily, you are the living example of finding a way to do what you love and how that leads to real success. Congratulations!
I think this video is so touching :)
I think everyone has their "museum" they find hard to leave.
For me it was leaving the Navy after four years.
Most important thing is to have that "museum " in your heart and never forget it :)
Thanks Emily!
"It still has brains on it..."
Why did that make me so sad?
Congratulations Emily. I hope someone finds the idea of your museum and comes to love it as you have.
Dangit all, this made me cry at the end. (I know, old video, but working my way through the playlist...)
The Brain Scoop is just a fantastically fascinating back drop to the stunningly magnificent story of the heart warming Emily Graslie.
Congrats on the new position. Sad to see all those samples and such in that storage and state, very sad.
Thank you Emily and everyone who works on The Brain Scoop. I didn't know how interested in I was in this subject until this channel showed up. Looks like a trip to Chicago is in order.
i watched it again... it is always the same feeling.
Congratulations Emily and the Brain Scoop team! This is excellent news!
An amazing tribute of passion and purpose!
You know. You're the goal. To find that passion. The thing you willing to wake up everyday and go to, for no pay, and work for hours. Just cause you love it so much. This channel is amazing and you are amazing.
Aw your video made me so sad.. about all the fish in the basement and your little racoon and the leaving..
Thank you Heather Hsu. You allowed this amazing show to continue with your never-forgotten awesomeness. DFTBA
**trying not to cry**
**trying not to cry**
Oh, no, there go the tears.
The closing of one door is the opening of another. I know we'll all miss the University but to take that step and move to the Field Museum will open so many new doors for both her and us as Brain Scoop watchers. I'm so happy for you, Emily!
I want to find "my museum". I am so clouded, right now, I'm taking Masters in Atmospheric Science and I honestly don't like it. I am not happy, I can't get any funds for my research..I want to find somewhere where I can put my heart on wholeheartedly no matter how far it is from my major. This has been going on for almost 2 years. I need "my museum" by that I mean like what Emily found when she started as an intern. I wanna find that, and stay there, grow there. Sorry for this long comment. Emily, you're awesome!
Karen Conda best of luck luf
Clouded - atmospheric
Good word choice.
It seems appropriate, after this, to watch Thoughts from Dead Animals & then the subsequent very first Brain Scoop. Sincere congratulations! I hope UMZM comes to their senses.
I CRY WHEN I GET TO THE CREDITS
Yes, Emily you are on your way!!! We love you. I worked in museums and universities for ...lessee ...40 years... and you are ONE OF US!!!
In India we fucking burned down our NATIONAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. A fucking national museum.Shame on us shame on us
Shubham Bhushan it's gone downhill after British rule left
I read about that. I'm so sorry. Perhaps the tragedy will bring an awareness of its importance to the public?
I'm so glad you are going to be working with the Field Museum full-time but simultaneously this is so sad to see the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum lose you.
I study in Chicago so I can't wait to visit the Field Museum soon. It's been over 3 years since I've been and frankly I never appreciated what it is that museums like Field and PLWZ do before the Brainscoop.
Keep up the amazing work Emily and the rest of the Brainscoop team. Don't ever regret taking this step. DFTBA
"I CAN do science! I can do SCIENCE! Science is a thing that I like!"
I need this as a shirt
I think it's important to remember that the sad state of UMZM and it's uncertain future is not because Emily is leaving. It's despite her dedication and hard work. So happy for Emily and excited to see what happens next!
I want to be like you and learn things and work in a museum like you but I don't know where to start :(
HollarForADollar :D Volunteer go to a museum and ask questions and pursue pursue never give up on your dream. Make sacrifices work hard and push through bad moments to get your goal.
Chief Curiosity correspondent? For one of the greatest museums in the world? Montana is beautiful,......but......Wow! Congratulations Emily!
I don't think it's a loss for her. Anyone who is as passionate as her will find a more fulfilling job somewhere else. It's a loss for the university.
Shame
I'm so glad that Hank went and made that first thoughts from places video at the museum and now we have the Brain Scoop and we're all a little bit smarter for it. Thank you to Hank and Emily and Michael and Heather Hsu and everyone involved in this show!
Loan the material to the University of Florida In Gainesville, Florida.
The technical quality and the quality of content of Brain Scoop always amazes me. Please never stop! I am ver happy for you, Emily!
Emily, don't know if you will ever read this, but just want to get it out there that you are one of the few people I look up to. Your undying passion is truly an inspiration. :)
This is by far the sweetest, most touching tribute to dead animals I have ever seen. In all seriousness, Emily is a genuine inspiration. Not only does she make morbidity valuable, educational, and fun, but she embodies the ideal of someone who LOVES their work. I wish you all the best in your new adventures!
This was heart wrenching to watch. I hope everyone at the brain scoop finds happiness in Chicago and that the collection at the zoological museum is cared for and not neglected or forgotten. People especially future generations need to learn about our natural history. Thanks so much for being one of the best and most educational channels on TH-cam!
Emily I know I speak for all of us viewers when I wish you the best at the Chicago Field Museum.
I have never cried over a video about a Museum........ until today.
3 Seconds in and I'm already crying. Awesome.
This made me cry. It disgusts me to know that there is a high chance that no one will be looking after the specimens left behind. Emily's work has been superhuman in that respect. Congrats, Emily, on your new position - I ADORE the new title.
I feel personally proud of this channel because I feel like I am part of the story it is in the middle of telling. Thank you so much for that. Wonderful video. I am excited to see what comes next!
I should say *Was so undervalued. She is valued by us, and by, I'm sure, the Chicago NHM
A new chapter is commencing. We'll miss you UMZM!
Emily....this made me cry. What this essentially was was a 15-minute documentary of your love and passion for the one place that you have worked your whole life maintaining, and your journey to take the hard and exciting next step that you know you needed to at this point in your life. You're an amazing woman, and we all thank you for being the person you are, and the best person we know you can be. Best of luck in Chicago.
The open environment for scientific discovery that UMZD provided you clearly nurtured a passion for form, function and inquiry that is inspiring. It is fantastic that the folks at The Field recognized your talent from the first moment, but I too have mixed feelings about this transition.
BTW, the astounding artistry of this post is absolutely commendable. Michael and Emily, your artistic expressions raise the bar.
:( I really hope the UMZM collection isn't lost or damaged for future generations
It has been an honor embarking on this journey with you.
The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up, I've got goosebumps down my arms, all because this is such a touching video. Best wishes, and DFTBA.
I hope a science-loving Brain Scoop viewer from Montana can fill your position and keep an eye on that collection. I'm so happy for Emily though, this has to be something like a dream job, working for the frickin' Chicago Field Museum. I'm absolutely thrilled at the prospect of the Brain Scoop working out of such a massive collection like this. Congrats Emily!
Congratulations Emily, Hank, Michael, and whoever else is involved in making the Brain Scoop. I can't wait to see what Chicago holds for the next season!
I am SO glad there are people like you, who care so deeply and work so hard to keep up these things. Whether it's in Montana or Illinois, you will discover things and share them with others. Keeping that wonder alive is a very noble cause.
I just can't believe they're not having a new curator come in. If that weren't the case, this episode would be so much happier.
I am just so so happy for Emily. I feel as if she's found her niche in the world, her happy place and is finally receiving the recognition she deserves. The pieces of her life seem to be coming together, and absurdly, that brings me immeasurable joy.
I am so happy Brain Scoop will continue!! I was completely surprised by how much I love the show and that's always the best thing; finding something new to love.
"... it still has brains on it" was very reassuring. "Cream always rises." I'm very happy for you.
You are an amazing person. Never forget that. You continue being who you are.
I'm so happy you've been able to move on to an amazing new opportunity, Emily. Thank you for raising awareness about the sad state of funding for important resources like natural history museums. I hope that this publicity can open eyes and lend aid to museums throughout the US and even around the world.
Congrats to Michael Aranda for doing such an amazing job with the filming and editing of this, and the production and... everything else. Top work.
I've been in that same situation too. Spent a year interning in museums and did a master's at the V&A in London, learned that for me it's not worth the risk. My parents can't support me while I work for free. Thankfully I've so far been able to make a modest living as a freelance historian and journalist, which I'm very grateful for as it's not common for writers to make a living.
Awesome and sad all at the same time. As a Chicago area native, welcome Emily. My family and I love the Field museum, and you will make it just that much better. You have definitely not forgotten to be awesome. Congrats!
I just cried through this entire thing. When Emily walked out of the museum with the soon racoon in her hands, I was laughing and crying at the same time.
Beautiful words, Emily. Beautiful video, Michael.
So excited for what the future holds.
i just hope her friend gave her the hug she looked like she really needed.
Oh my god, I think I'm gonna cry.
It still has brains on it.
I like the fact that this is such a personal channel. Even if it is about science, it's also about your relationship with your craft, and the museums you're in. It's become a channel about passion for natural history, rather than a channel just about natural history. I think that's good :)
Emily is freaking bomb example of how to do the whole "I have no idea where I'm going in life". I wish more people would push themselves out of their idea of what's sensible or profitable, and find things and places that inspire them to work on or with, even if they don't get paid. That's how I got into my field too!
Hugs for Emily, both in the sadness of leaving and in congratulations for starting a new career as a CCC.
Congratulations, Emily. I wish you the best in your new adventure. Michael did a great job on this video. Heather Hsu is awesome.