Lila Levinson

(she/her) Neuroscience PhD student at University of Washington GRIDlab. Big fan of brains. @AAASMassMedia fellow @dallasnews '23.

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

Really want to reiterate how fabulous @tomthuang and @adithi_r1 are – I'll miss them!! Thanks for making 110ºF seem more bearable

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

My summer as an @AAASMassMedia fellow is already over, and I don't know where the time went! Thank you @tomthuang, @adithi_r1 and everyone else at @dallasnews for making this internship everything I hoped for and more. Here’s everything I wrote this summer 🧵

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

Today I finished my last story. It's about a huge, ancient volcano on the far side of the moon – so many fun science words! While you wait for the story to run try exploring the moon's surface with this nifty @NASAMoon tool (61.1°N 99.5°E for a sneak peek)
https://t.co/3Xq48owvQm

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

I don't love dealing w/ spiders but I do love to learn about them! Folks at @TCU @USGS & @HannappelMaddy explained how spiders can help monitor toxins in water. + find out what spider scientists do when they see a spider at home. Video by @elias_valverde
https://t.co/CYBuulMFet

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

☀️ The sun also baking TX. I talked with @kjmagruder at @UTASocialWork about how heat impacts the health of socially disadvantaged groups. @TheSeniorSource @SingletonUnited told me about their work to fight heat inequity and environmental injustice in D-FW
https://t.co/r4EupAnebH

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews @HighSchoolSolar @ProsperEngTeam ☀️ and
https://t.co/iSYWsYEk2x

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews ☀️ Another thing I didn’t do in high school is build and race a solar-powered car across the country. That’s exactly what students did at this year’s @HighSchoolSolar challenge. Members of @ProsperEngTeam and the Ballard Bombers explained their creations!
https://t.co/ghrY0aybZr

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews @HighSchoolSolar @ProsperEngTeam ☀️ I also worked on a couple of explainers about solar, including another fun collab with @adithi_r1. I got to pick the brains of solar experts in Texas and beyond: @MichaelEWebber @UCSDJacobs @UTDResearch @UTDMaterialsSci @udmseg @TCUEnergy
https://t.co/eU2UysYEcq

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews @HighSchoolSolar @ProsperEngTeam ☀️ My solar journey kept going! With so much sun in TX, @ERCOT_ISO gets more of its power from solar than ever before. Loved working with @adriano_dreamer on data viz. One of my faves this summer. S/o to @ProfDavidHart for the solar politics crash course
https://t.co/MHUPmoDYaZ

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews A team at @UTDResearch is creating new sensor technologies to test how healthy soil is. I learned that healthy soil isn’t just good for plants, it’s also good for us because it can capture carbon, fighting climate change. Photos by @elias_valverde
https://t.co/A7A4jRNtZV

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews I never levitated anything as a high schooler and I sure missed out. Students levitated magnets (!!) at a @quantumforall and @UTArlington camp – pics/video from @littlelatinboy @liesbethpowers. @q12education discussed starting quantum education early 🧲🧑‍🔬
https://t.co/2fZeNUdMR5

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews My fastest story of the summer – @adithi_r1 and I wrote this piece on malaria when a locally-transmitted case was reported. I learned so much from working with Adithi, and I also learned you should put on bug spray after you put on sunscreen (fun fact)
https://t.co/Izkl2Egt35

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

@AAASMassMedia @tomthuang @adithi_r1 @dallasnews Have you ever thought that people in a city are like particles in a complex viscoelastic material? A team at @lyleengineering has! They used material science to describe resilience to the 2017 Texas winter storm. @Mostafavi_Ali & @DallasOEM and weighed in https://t.co/YPMEW8yhMv

[AAAS Mass Media Fellowship @AAASMassMedia]

Say cheese! The 2023 #MassMediaFellows have officially finished Orientation Day 1 at @AAAS headquarters! We're so happy that so many of them were able to attend in person for this week of #SciComm training!

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

Aaaaand my second EVER tweet is a note to self that tweets cannot be edited and must be proofread very carefully!!

[Lila Levinson @LevinsonLila]

I’ve been saving my first tweet EVER for a special occasion, and I think this is it! I’m beyond excited to an @AAASMassMedia fellow at @dallasnews this summer – I can’t wait to get started (and am actively seeking tips on how a Seattleite can survive summer in Texas ☀️)

[AAAS Mass Media Fellowship @AAASMassMedia]

Stop the presses! We’re so excited to share the 2023 Mass Media Fellows! This summer, these 21 fantastic scientists and writers will be honing their #SciComm skills at news outlets across the country. Learn more about the incoming class here: https://t.co/bC7kPO3JTe

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