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. |
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Spring 2023 | |||
Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
27-Jan | Jimmie Oxley | Class Overview | URI Chemistry |
3-Feb | Peter Farr | Crime Scene | Prospect Police Dept. |
10-Feb | Neil Clapperton | Tool Marks | RI State Crime Lab |
17-Feb | Leslie Nolan | Drugs | RI Department of Health |
24-Feb | Virginia Maxwell | Glass Soil | U New Haven |
3-Mar | Paul Manning, James Given, M Sweeney | Arson | RI State Fire Marshal |
10-Mar | Alexis Donaway | Toxicology | RI Dept of Health |
24-Mar | Katherine Schweit | Active Shooter | FBI (retired) |
31-Mar | Cara Lupino | DNA Analysis | RI Forensic Lab |
7-Apr | Ken Zercie | Questioned Documents | U New Haven |
14-Apr | Daniel Greenfield | Forensic Psychiatry: What Does It All Mean? | A. Einstein College of Medicine |
21-Apr | Elaine Pagliaro | Cold Case Evidence | Henry C. Lee Institute |
28-Apr | Anthony Amore | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
Fall 2022 | |||
Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
9-Sep | Jimmie Oxley | General Forensic Science Seminar Information | URI Chemistry |
16-Sep | Amanda Milkovitz (Boston Globe), Tim White, Eli Sherman (WPRI) | Investigative Journalism | Boston Globe & WPRI |
23-Sep | John Malloy | Recreational Cannabis Legalization Issues | RI Office of the Attorney General |
30-Sep | Fiona Jones | Forensic Archeology | URI Sociology & Anthropology |
7-Oct | Kirk Yeager | Bomb Investigations | FBI |
14-Oct | Robert Thompson | Firearms and Tool Mark Examinations | NIST |
21-Oct | Cairenn Binder | Investigative Genetic Genealogy | DNA Doe Project |
28-Oct | Kara Hoopis Manosh | Crafting a Defense | Attorney and Counselor at Law |
4-Nov | Victor Fay-Wolfe | Computer Forensics | URI Computer Science |
9-Nov | Anita Jacobson | Opiate Crisis and Narcan Intervention | URI Pharmacy |
18-Nov | Joseph Itri | Cold Case Investigations | New Jersey State Police |
25-Nov | THANKSGIVING VACATION | ||
2-Dec | Otto Gregory | Watching Paint Dry | URI Engineering |
9-Dec | Gil Sapir | Expert Witness Testimony | Forensic Consultant & Attorney |
