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 experience in their field. 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 on Fridays in the new Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences building: Beaupre 100, from 3:30 - 5:00 PM.

*Fall 2021*
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
17-Sep	Anthony Amore	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist	Head Security, ISG Museum
24-Sep	Lisa Dadio	CSI	Senior Lecturer, U New Haven
1-Oct	Thomas Mauriello	Truth & Lies of the Polygraph	Forensic Consultant
8-Oct	Bridget Buxton	Forensic Archaeology	URI Professor
15-Oct	Bruce Goldfarb	Frances Glessner Lee - unexplained deaths	Chief Mediacl Examiner, MD
22-Oct	Eliot Springer	Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life (Confucius ~ 479 B.C.) – Reflections on Forensic Science!	Deputy Director Police Lab, NYPD
29-Oct	Eva Marie Mancuso	Civil remedies for Criminal Conduct	Managing partner, Hamel, Waxler, Allen, Collins
5-Nov	Michael Jagoda	Active Shooter	URI Director of Public Safety, Chief of Police
12-Nov	Patrick Youngs, III; Michael A. DiLauro	Best Practices for Criminal Discovery Disclosures	Office of Attorney General; RI Public Defender
19-Nov	Mike Driscoll	Impacts of Fire Spread on Major Loss Investigations	Forensic Investigator
3-Dec	Judith Crowell	Defending the Guilty	Defense Attorney
10-Dec	Joseph Courtesis	The Ethical Use of Investigative Technology in Law Enforcement	JCour-Consulting

*Spring 2021*
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
27-Jan	Kim Freeland	Trace Evidence	RI State Crime Lab
29-Jan	Kim Freeland	Trace Evidence	RI State Crime Lab
3-Feb	Jimmie Oxley	Class Overview	URI Chemistry
5-Feb	Paul Souza	Crime Scene	Sheriff Dept., Plymouth MA
10-Feb	Paul Souza	Crime Scene	Sheriff Dept., Plymouth MA
12-Feb	Bruce Quinn	Explosives	Deputy Fire Marshal, Bomb Tech
17-Feb	Bruce Quinn	Explosives	Deputy Fire Marshal, Bomb Tech
19-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprint	RI State Crime Lab
24-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Photo	RI State Crime Lab
26-Feb	Virginia Maxwell	Talking Dirty: Using Soil (& glass) to Solve Crimes	UNH Professor
3-Mar	Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	UNH Professor
5-Mar	Cara Lupino	DNA Analysis	RI State Forensic Lab
10-Mar	Cara Lupino	DNA Analysis	RI State Forensic Lab
12-Mar	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI CS Professor
17-Mar	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI CS Professor
19-Mar	Leslie Nolan	Drugs	RI State Forensic Lab
24-Mar	Leslie Nolan	Drugs	RI State Forensic Lab
26-Mar	Elaine Pagliaro	Is DNA Enough?	CT State Forensic Lab
31-Mar	Elaine Pagliaro	Use and Value of Screening Tests & Stain	CT State Forensic Lab
2-Apr	Robert Almeida	Toxicology	RI State Forensic Lab
7-Apr	Robert Almeida	Toxicology	RI State Forensic Lab
9-Apr	Paul Manning, James Given, M. Sweeney	Arson	RI State Fire Marshal
14-Apr	Paul Manning, James Given, M. Sweeney	Arson	RI State Fire Marshal
16-Apr	Neil Clapperton	Firearms & Tool Mark Examinations	RI State Crime Lab
21-Apr		Class Presentations
23-Apr	Otto Gregory	Microscopy	URI Chem Eng Prof.