Why simulation learning and STEM principles are essential in Forensic Science courses

Simulation and STEM are transforming forensic education by moving learning from memorisation to exploration and from passive ...
University of New Haven

Forensic Genetic Genealogy Students Develop Hands-On Skills While Helping Solve Cold Case

Claire Glynn, Ph.D. (fourth from right), and her students at a conference. Karen McDermott recently completed an internship that enabled her to apply her forensic genetic genealogy skills to help ...
The Scientist

A Novel Polymerase Reduces Stutter in Forensic DNA Analysis

When TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation portray DNA processing in the forensic lab, the results appear instantly with a DNA match wrapping up the case in hours. However, the ...
WTHR

DNA Detective: Indiana State Police hire first forensic genealogist

INDIANAPOLIS — The use and success of forensic genealogy has exploded recently. Family trees and DNA are tracking down killers and identifying missing loved ones, often after decades. Now, Indiana ...
The Conversation

Identifying fire victims through DNA analysis can be challenging − a geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology

Anne Stone receives funding from the National Institute of Justice. Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the aftermath of the wildfire that ...
The Scientist

DNA Profiling: Tracing Killers and Solving Mysteries Using Genetic Clues

n the mid-1980s, tragedy struck two villages in Leicestershire, England. In two separate instances, three years apart, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on their way home from school. On ...