Each year, about 431 million adults worldwide are
victims of cybercrime, costing $388 billion based on time and monetary
loss. The problem is so severe that President Barack Obama recently
said, “cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national
security challenges we face as a nation.” To address this growing
need, the Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering &
Applied Science, partnering with WUSTL’s Olin Business School, is
launching a master’s degree in cyber security management in Fall 2013 to
provide area professionals and full-time students with the skills
needed to prepare for and stop cyber attacks in their workplace.
A study of older adults has found that combining antidepressants with cognitive behavioral therapy appears to be effective as a treatment for anxiety. Pictured is Eric J. Lenze, MD, professor of psychiatry, discussing therapy options with Diana Simpson.
Thomas H. Steinberg, MD, associate professor of medicine, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, in St. Louis of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Now that the Next Generation Science Standards have been developed and released, the real work begins: Helping states implement the standards. WUSTL’s Institute for School Partnership, under the leadership of Victoria L. May, assistant dean of Arts & Sciences and executive director, is taking an active role in helping with that implementation – especially in its home state of Missouri.
Lucy Mayer Lopata, a longtime friend of Washington University in St. Louis
and a leading local philanthropist, died Friday, May 24, 2013, in St. Louis.
She was 98. Throughout her life, she demonstrated extraordinary
generosity that was built on a foundation of dedication to all
humankind.
2013 WUSTL graduate and volleyball player Marilee Fisher has made the initital list of contenders for the 2013 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, the NCAA recently announced. Fisher, who majored in chemistry, in Arts & Sciences, is one of 455 student-athletes across all NCAA divisions and sports vying for the award.
Samuel A. Wickline, MD, has been named the inaugural James R. Hornsby Family Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dabeeru C. Rao, PhD, director of the Division of Biostatistics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation’s preeminent professional statistical society.
Bankruptcy expert Daniel L. Keating, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, is warning policymakers that any tweaks to the bankruptcy code could have unintended consequences and do little to improve the system. The ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 is collecting input and will prepare recommendations for Congress in coming months.
Urinary tract infections are among the most common infections acquired in hospitals, with most linked to the use of catheters. New research suggests that some urinary tract infections could be prevented if patients receive an antibiotic at the time they have a urinary catheter removed.
