In a first-of-its-kind study, Paul Shattuck, PhD, assistant professor of social work at the Brown School, looked at rates of service use among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder during their first few years after high school. He found that 39.1 percent of these youths received no speech therapy, mental health, medical diagnostics or case management services. FULL STORY

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Banker and philanthropist Sam B. Cook has given WUSTL a critical resource to help develop the next generation of economic leaders with a gift of $1.5 million to establish a professorship in the Department of Economics in Arts & Sciences. FULL STORY

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School of Medicine researchers report they have identified a gene that limits damage to the lung during acute stress from illness, trauma or transplant. FULL STORY

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Students perform a dance Feb. 5 in Edison Theatre at the Lunar New Year Festival, an annual event sponsored by Asian student groups on campus. 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, and people born under this Chinese symbol are said to be articulate, talented and ambitious. FULL STORY

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Three new three-week Summer Institutes for high school students will be offered at WUSTL in 2011. The High School Summer Institutes — one of which focuses on creative writing, one on Japanese popular culture and one on pre-medical topics — are part of the High School Summer Experiences program in Arts & Sciences. FULL STORY

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• 5 p.m. Assembly Series/Iranian Cultural Society Lecture. “The End of an Islamic Republic.” Hamid Dabashi, Iranian scholar and cultural critic. Free and open to the public. Steinberg Hall Aud. (314) 935-4620.

• Free dessert demonstration and tasting at DUC Feb. 12. Pastry chef and cookbook author Jim Dodge will host a free Valentine’s Day dessert tasting and demonstration from 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, in Tisch Commons in the Danforth University Center. For more information, call (314) 935-7098.

• Men’s basketball splits pair of road games. The men’s basketball team dropped to 5-4 in the University Athletic Association play with a 78-65 loss at Carnegie Mellon University Feb. 4 and a 80-71 win at Case Western Reserve University Feb. 6. The Bears (11-9 overall) wrap up a four-game road trip at Emory University on Friday, Feb. 11, and at No. 18 University of Rochester Sunday, Feb. 13.