Equipped with dialogue as pithy as their helmets, three female Victorian adventurers journey across time, space and history in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences comedy  "On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)," opening Friday, Feb. 19, in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre.

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Researchers at the School of Medicine have peered deep into the eye of the chicken and found a masterpiece of biological design. They plan follow-up studies that could eventually provide helpful insights for scientists seeking to use stem cell and other techniques to treat the nearly 200 genetic disorders that can cause various forms of blindness.

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Before athletes grabbed the limelight at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Olin MBA student Shaun Hudson found glory in hot wings at the "OLINpics" Feb. 11 in the Knight Center. The OLINpics continue at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at Brandt’s Cafe in the University City Loop with an Olympic trivia contest.

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Washington University will host free productions of the original musical “The Assorted Short Adventures of Tom, Huck and Becky” at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, and Thursday, Feb. 25, at the 560 Music Center. The performances are being held in conjunction with the Big Read, a national program to encourage reading by bringing communities together to read and discuss a common book.

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