Jul
09
2008
Summer 2008 News Coming Soon!
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Jul
13
2007
Dental Forensics
Posted by pepemooney under Daily speakers and in-class activities
Students spent the afternoon learning about odontology from Alysa Donaldson. They made dental casts, performed examinations on each other, and looked at bite marks.
Jul
13
2007
Cyber Security
Posted by pepemooney under Daily speakers and in-class activities
Joshua Beeman captivated students with his presentation today on Computer Forensics. He spent time talking about what he does on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus and also how an individual can go about protecting themselves against hackers.
Jul
12
2007
Check out the Photos of the Forensic Academy!
Posted by pepemooney under News
Check out the new photos under “Forensic Photo Gallery.” I’ll continue to upload new ones from day to day. Enjoy!
Jul
12
2007
Forensic Archeology
Posted by pepemooney under Daily speakers and in-class activities
Yesterday, forensic archaeologist, Katherine Woodhouse-Beyer, spoke to students about her involvement in the excavations of the World Trade Center Towers and the night club fire tragedy in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
To learn more about Katherine, check out her bio: http://www.crcg.net/staff_bio.aspx?id=11
Jul
11
2007
Hair and Fiber Lab
Posted by pepemooney under Daily speakers and in-class activities
Students spent the morning working in the lab. They were given a sample of human hair and were required to deduce, given four suspects, which of their peers had donated that sample. Students also looked at animal hairs (rabbit, horse, cat, and dog) as well as fibers (cotton, nylon, wool, and polyester).
Jul
10
2007
Mütter Museum
Posted by pepemooney under Events
Students spent the afternoon at the Mütter Museum at 19 south 22nd Street in Philadelphia. They viewed various medical anomalies including such specimens as the Soap Woman, the conjoined twins, megacolon, and the Giant man. To view the Mütter online site you can go to: http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp
Jul
09
2007
Forensic Anthropology; Aging and Sexing
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Page Selinsky spoke to students today about the way in which anthropologists can identify the sex and the age of a victim using skeletal remains.
Jul
06
2007
Forensic Entomology in the Lab
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The Forensic class spent most of today in the lab. Students examined the different stages of a fly’s life (larva, also known as maggot, pupa, and adult fly) to determine species. Students then studied preserved and living maggots. Using this information, the class then tackled cases where they were required to use their knowledge to figure out a time frame for when a victim could have died.
I uploaded the images from today onto the Forensic Photos section. Check them out.
Jul
06
2007
The CSI effect…
Posted by pepemooney under News
