Here’s a selection of articles we read this week.
What does a scientist look like? When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women. That’s the main conclusion of a new study that compiled information about 20,860 pictures drawn by students age 5 to 18 over 5 decades. Read more from Science Magazine.
The Omnibus – Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night on a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill, releasing it to the public just 52 hours before a government shutdown deadline. The draft billruns 2,232 pages, and we’re going through it so you don’t have to. Click through to Washington Post for the key highlights.
Word on the Hill – Roll Call is all over Capitol Hill and its surrounding haunts looking for good stories. Some of their best are ones they come across while reporting the big stories. Read ’em at Roll Call.
Randy’s blog is back! – Randy Hodgins, UW’s vice president for external affairs (and our boss) is back to blogging! Read his first post which happens to discuss his recent trip to DC here.