URI Forensic Science Partnership

Seminar Series

The Forensic Science Seminar Series is offered each semester by the Forensic Science Partnership. Speakers represent the many different specialized areas of forensic science. The speakers present their real-life experiences in their fields. Seminars are offered for credit, but are also open to the public at no cost. Take a look at this semester's lineup! All seminars will be held in URI's Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, RI, from 3:30 to 5:00p.m.: Friday seminars will be held in Beaupre 100, and Wednesday seminars in Beaupre 105.

*Fall 2025*
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
12-Sep	James Clift	All in a day's work	Warwick PD
19-Sep	Anthony Amore	Pulling off the World's Biggest Heist	Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
26-Sep	Victor Fey-Wolfe	Digital Forensics	URI Computer Science
3-Oct	Virginia Maxwell	Defending the Dumb	Univ. New Haven
10-Oct	Manning & Given	A hot topic	RI State Fire Marshal
17-Oct	Otto Gregory	The Role of Microscopy in Forenics	URI Chem Engineering
24-Oct	Cara Lupino	DNA	RI Dept. of Health
31-Oct	Bryan Volpe & Tom Chadronet	Overdose Response Strategy, Trends & Emerging Threats	NE High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
7-Nov	Mark Comorosky	The Secret of USSS	USSS
14-Nov	Kirk Yeager	Mean, Motive, Opportunity: The Timeless Terrorist Trifecta	FBI
21-Nov	Chief Jagoda	Security	URI Security Director
5-Dec	Alec Wyers	Shooting Straight	URI State Crime Lab

*Spring 2025*
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
24-Jan	Prof Jimmie Oxley	Class Overview	URI Chemistry
31-Jan	Prof Victor Fay-Wolfe	Digital Forensics	URI Prof Computer Forensics
7-Feb	Michele Petro	NCIS Crime Scene Processing	Special Agent NCIS, Newport RI
14-Feb	Anthony Silva	Cultivating Cannabis & Alcohol Awareness	Police Chief (ret)
21-Feb	Matt Zarrella	Search Dogs-Finding Humans	Master trainer in canine search & rescue
28-Feb	David San Pietro	Trends in Forensic DNA Analysis	U New Haven Prof Forensic Science
7-Mar	Ann Marie Mires	Role of Forensic Archaeology in Solving Cases	Director Forensic Criminology
21-Mar	Michael DiLauro	State v John W. & N Gordon: The Coldest Case in RI	Public Defender (ret)
28-Mar	Sgt Steve Courville	Police do horse around	Providence police-mounted division
4-Apr	RAC Robert White & GS Ricky Mustion II	ATF Intro to Crime Gun Intelligence	ATF Crilme Gun Intelligence
11-Apr	Anthony Pesare	New England Organized Crime & Informants	RI State Police & Police Chief (ret)
18-Apr	Frank Puglia	From BIG BANG to cell phones	URI Engineering
25-Apr	Dr Patricia Ogera	Tales of a medical examiner	RI State Medical Examiner