Marshall University News Archive

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 10, 2011 Contact: Mary Thomasson, Public Information Officer, Marshall University Forensic Science Center 304-691-8961 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dr. J. Graham Rankin, a forensic chemistry professor in Marshall University’s Forensic Science graduate program, has been selected as chair-elect of the Criminalistics Section of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists. He will assume

Forensics professor receives federal grant to analyze interpretation of fire debris Marshall University has received a $540,752 grant from the National Institute of Justice for a two-year project to study factors that affect interpretation of data by fire debris analysts and to develop a computer program to aid in interpretation. Dr. J. Graham Rankin, a

Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department awards the Marshall University Forensic Science Center with commendation HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Forensic Science Center was awarded a commendation from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department in appreciation of providing intensive DNA training to its forensic analysts. Dr. Terry W. Fenger, director of Marshall’s Forensic Science Center,

>http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/marshall/x631787465/Art-student-donates-sculpture-to-the-Forensic-Science-CenterMay 23, 2010 – PAUL SEBERT of the The Herald-Dispatch. Ellen Fure, a junior undergraduate student majoring in art and design at Marshall University, donated her sculpture titled “Individuality” to the Marshall University Forensic Science Center. Fure, who is pursuing an emphasis in sculpture, created a relief of her thumbprint on a 4-foot by 5-foot

>http://www.forensicmag.com/News_Articles.asp?pid=872Apr 9, 2010 by Forensic Magazine news desk – Since it accepted its first class of students in 1995, the Marshall University Forensic Science Center steadily has grown in both size and reputation, evolving into a recognized leader that’s on the cutting edge of forensic science.http://www.forensicmag.com