Biomedical engineering students Nalin Katta (left) and Matthew MacEwan won the Olin Cup business plan competition Feb. 3 and $50,000 in seed investment for an invention that can replace the protective covering of the brain. With 49 entrants, this year’s competition was the largest group of ventures yet. FULL STORY

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Like listeners adjusting a high-tech radio, scientists at the School of Medicine have tuned in to precise frequencies of brain activity to unleash new insights into how the brain works.  “What we've found is that the wavelength of the activity provides a third major branch of understanding brain physiology,” says Eric Leuthardt, MD. FULL STORY

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Crop yields from India’s first genetically modified crop may have been overemphasized, as modest rises in crop yields may come at the expense of sustainable farm management, says a new study by Glenn Stone, PhD, professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences.  FULL STORY

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Poet Kathleen Peirce will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. Peirce is the author of four books of poetry: Mercy (1991), Divided Touch, Divided Color (1995), The Oval Hour (1999) and The Ardors (2004). FULL STORY

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• 3 p.m. Tuesday Tea @ 3. Hosted this week by Relay for Life. All faculty, staff and students welcome. Free. Danforth University Center, Tisch Commons. (314) 935-6697.

• Faculty Achievement Award nominations due Feb. 18. Know an outstanding faculty member? Nominate him or her for one of two Faculty Achievement Awards, one from the Danforth Campus and one from the School of Medicine. Nominations must be received no later than Friday, Feb. 18.

• Women’s basketball extends win streak to eight. The No. 7 women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to eight games with a pair of road wins this past weekend. The team defeated Carnegie Mellon University, 73-37, Feb. 4, and Case Western Reserve University, 69-47, Feb. 6.