McKenna Sweet

Picture shows pointed leaf tick trefoil seeds stuck to black hiking pants with a container of picked-off seeds sitting above the pants.

learned that hiking pants are not the best if you want to avoid collecting hundreds of Illinois and pointed leaf tick trefoil seeds!

picking them off at least makes for a relaxing afternoon in the sun :)

From the Magic School Bus to Cyberchase: How 2000s PBS science shows inspired current STEM students Art and entertainment influence almost every generation to an extent.

SCIENCE: From the Magic School Bus to Cyberchase: How 2000s PBS science shows inspired current STEM students (via @mckennasweet.bksy.social)

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Pre-med isn’t a major: it's a mindset When students say they’re “pre-med,” they’re not referring to an academic program. They’re describing a laborious march toward medical school. At its core, being pre-med means preparing for the academ...

SCIENCE: Pre-med isn’t a major: it's a mindset (via @arielbrennan.bsky.social )

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UW department of environmental & occupational health sciences prepares to lose NIOSH funding despite absence of formal notification Many researchers continue learning of upcoming funding eliminations before formal notifications are administered in the era of DOGE’s near-constant budget cuts across the federal government. For organ...

SCIENCE: UW department of environmental & occupational health sciences prepares to lose NIOSH funding despite absence of formal notification (via @leahjdowning.bsky.social )

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Being punk means radical inclusivity at the Vera Project James Keblas left Tacoma for the Art Institute of Seattle a week after his high school graduation, after recognizing that he was on a bad path and a menace.

ARCHIVES: Being punk means radical inclusivity at the Vera Project (via @mckennasweet.bksy.social)

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Naselle Water Company requests 24-month pause on DNR operations near Naselle watershed NASELLE, Wash. – The Naselle Water Company is requesting that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) pause logging operations for the next 24 months, according to a statement

SCIENCE: Naselle Water Company requests 24-month pause on DNR operations near Naselle watershed (via @mckennasweet.bsky.social )

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wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House celebrates 10 years, prepares for phase two After 10 years of community gathering and celebration in wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ — Intellectual House (pronounced “wah-sheb-altuh”), the UW Native community looks towards completing the original version of the sp...

NEWS: wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House celebrates 10 years, prepares for phase two (via @betty4thedaily.bsky.social )

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The cross-section of research and motherhood: Two mothers reflect on their experiences As a researcher, it is expected that your data, study, or paper is your highest priority: that you are devoted to it. As a mother, it is expected that you

SCIENCE: The cross-section of research and motherhood: Two mothers reflect on their experiences (via @abbymeyers.bsky.social)

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Recycling Reform Act signed into law, shifts responsibility onto producers Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the Recycling Reform Act into law May 17, marking a major step toward overhauling Washington’s fragmented recycling system. Senate Bill 5284 introduces a statewide list of

SCIENCE: Recycling Reform Act signed into law, shifts responsibility onto producers (via @sophiasostrin.bsky.social )

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‘Goth biology’ theory offers an alternative approach to life sciences Phillip Thurtle, a professor in the comparative history of ideas department (CHID), explores biology and its relationship to society in his class CHID 222: BioFutures. One topic under this umbrella

SCIENCE: ‘Goth biology’ theory offers an alternative approach to life sciences (via @daphnebunks.bsky.social )

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Critical conversations on the benefits, healing, and inequitable distribution of nature access at Northwest Nature and Health Symposium On some level, humans intuitively understand that a connection with nature is healthy for our physical and mental well-being. Yet, the benefits of nature remain inequitably distributed due to historic...

SCIENCE: Critical conversations on the benefits, healing, and inequitable distribution of nature access at Northwest Nature and Health Symposium (via @la-belle-anouk.bsky.social )

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DOGE withdraws remaining $866 of UW researcher’s grant, reflecting contradictory mission of the EPA Elena Austin, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health, was only four months away from completing her research before she got a call out of the blue from

SCIENCE: DOGE withdraws remaining $866 of UW researcher’s grant, reflecting contradictory mission of the EPA (via @leahjdowning.bsky.social )

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NOAA terminates funding for Climate Impacts Group research collaborative UW’s Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC) received notice May 5 that they were to lose their federal funding and ordered them to cease all work, effective immediately. The acting director

SCIENCE: NOAA terminates funding for Climate Impacts Group research collaborative (via @abbymeyers.bsky.social )

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Thank you, Dr. Hu! It was so fun chatting with you and nerding out over SEM photos. Thanks for keeping science fun!

A figure is worth a thousand words-- especially true for scientific papers. Great article by double major in journalism and biology @mckennasweet.bsky.social . Thanks to @kaytrue.bsky.social for getting me into the UW Daily!

Trump administration halts National Climate Assessment, UW professor explains consequences The Global Change Research Act of 1990 created the United States Global Change Research Program and mandates that the program deliver a climate assessment approximately every four years. Volunteer aut...

SCIENCE: Trump administration halts National Climate Assessment, UW professor explains consequences (via @daphnebunks.bsky.social )

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We’re all mathematicians, really Maybe you’ve changed your walking speed to catch a green light, picked the fastest checkout line, or rearranged your day to be more efficient. In those moments, you were doing

SCIENCE: Maybe you’ve changed your walking speed to catch a green light, picked the fastest checkout line, or rearranged your day to be more efficient. In those moments, you were doing math. (via @sophiasostrin.bsky.social )

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‘Mosquitoes, earwax, and bird baths’: David Hu gives 2025 Paul C. Cross Endowed Lecture in Physical Chemistry Professor David Hu educated an audience about where mosquitoes target people, how mammal earwax protects against insects, and the specifics of birds bathing in just under an hour May 6

Very nice article by UW undergraduate @mckennasweet.bsky.social on @drdavidhu.bsky.social's lecture at @uwchemistry.bsky.social in which McKenna explores how David found inspiration for some of his scientific directions and how he communicates his results effectively: www.dailyuw.com/science/mosq...

A fantastic story all around by @mckennasweet.bsky.social that I encourage you all to read.

Great writing and great photos by McKenna along with a great data visualization by @chloekoh.design!

Husky Satellite Lab to send capsule to space Husky Satellite Lab (HSL), an on-campus RSO that engineers and operates satellites, has announced that they plan on sending a package of materials to space this summer, along with working

SCIENCE: Husky Satellite Lab to send capsule to space (via @brendansheehan34.bsky.social )

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UW wraps up tree tours for the 2024-25 academic year UW concluded its annual campus tree tours May 10, with an inside look at the native tree species rooted at UW. The almost 2-hour tour, led by Theodore Hoss, who

SCIENCE: UW wraps up tree tours for the 2024-25 academic year (via @laneyjordan.bsky.social )

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What is architecture? Editor’s note: “What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, writer Sofia Rodriguez describes architecture.

SCIENCE: Architecture is much more than just buildings, angles, aesthetics, and skylines. (via @sofiavalentina.bsky.social )

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I was attacked on the Ave. I’m just now talking about it. Verbal harassment and creepy looks exist in the Ave’s air like cigarette smoke, but for someone to lay a hand on me was different. The safety bar in my hierarchy

OPINION: I was attacked on the Ave. I’m just now talking about it. (via @kananibomb.bsky.social )

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For my most recent article, I visited Naselle, WA, to hear from residents about an upcoming DNR timber auction they believe will affect their watershed.

I also learned that hiking through a forest is difficult while carrying photo equipment, so kudos to environmental photojournalists.

Timber harvest benefitting UW sparks concern among residents of small, pro-logging town NASELLE, Wash. — One self-service library, high school, and grocery store serve the 519 people of Naselle, Washington. The piles of felled logs along the roadsides dwarf the passing cars,

Timber harvest benefitting UW sparks concern among residents of small, pro-logging town (via @thedailyuw.bsky.social)

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From rare to rising: Early-onset colorectal cancer in young generations Physicians are seeing troublingly rising rates of colon cancer among people under 50, even though colorectal cancer has long been considered an “age-related disease.”

SCIENCE: From rare to rising: Early-onset colorectal cancer in young generations (via @txwilliams.bsky.social )

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UW Planetarium and Student Technology Fee to update technology for classic star show events Cosmic images sourced from observatories around the globe can be seen from inside one room at UW.

SCIENCE: UW Planetarium and Student Technology Fee to update technology for classic star show events (via @abbymeyers.bsky.social )

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Empowered and engaged: The Student Seaglider Center provides essential oceanographic data and experience for students Oceanography studies the biological, physical, and chemical properties of Earth’s oceans. Yet, gathering these data is often expensive and energy-intensive for scientists and engineers because the Ear...

SCIENCE: Empowered and engaged: The Student Seaglider Center provides essential oceanographic data and experience for students (via @la-belle-anouk.bsky.social )

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Remembering Mount St. Helens, honoring David A. Johnston The morning of March 16, 1980, marked the end of 123 years of peaceful solace on the slopes of Mount St. Helens as a series of small earthquakes greeted Southwest

ARCHIVES: Remembering Mount St. Helens, honoring David A. Johnston (via @claypoole.bsky.social )

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Dazzling disguises: UW-led study describes why some female hummingbirds imitate male plumage A new UW-led study examined why a minority of female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds mimic the colorful plumage of males.

SCIENCE: Dazzling disguises: UW-led study describes why some female hummingbirds imitate male plumage (via @cassiediamondds.bsky.social )

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