MUFSC News Archive

Published: Thursday, October 13, 2011,  8:00 AM By Laura Maggi, The Times-PicayuneThe Times-Picayune New Orleans police officials said Wednesday more than 800 untested rape kits will be tested by the beginning of next year, clearing up a backlog that includes physical evidence from sexual assaults dating to the late 1980s. Police Commander Paul Noel, who

City of Huntington to recognize 2011 Wall of Fame inductees August 10, 2011 @ 12:00 AM,  The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — The City of Huntington Foundation has announced its 2011 inductees for the Greater Huntington Wall of Fame. The inductees are: Thomas J. Bell; Terry W. Fenger, Ph.D..; Maxine Kitchen Loudermilk; Robert E. “Bob” Tweel; and

Tuesday August 9, 2011 by Zack Harold, Daily Mail staff As with everything else, crime is moving online. And thanks to experts at the West Virginia State Police Digital Forensics Unit, there’s a new way to dust for fingerprints.   Cpl. Robert Boggs runs the unit’s Huntington lab, housed in the Marshall University Forensic Science Center.  

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,

November 08, 2010 – BETH HENDRICKS, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — There are no movie stars or television cameras, but there is a lot of real-life CSI drama behind the scenes in Huntington. The Marshall University Forensic Science Center, whose lobby used to be the former Marshall locker room at Fairfield Stadium, is housed in two

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — The DNA that has helped police pinpoint a new suspect in the 1987 Huntington Mall rapes went through the labs at Marshall University’s Forensic Science Center. “It shows the criminal justice system never sleeps.” says Dr. Terry Fenger, the director Marshall University’s Forensic Science Center. “we process upwards of 3000 DNA

WV Gazette: September 23, 2010 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved nearly $6 million in federal research funds for the Marshall University Forensic Science Center, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall and U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Carte Goodwin announced in a news release… Read more: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201009230666

Thursday it was announced funding secured by Senator Byrd totaling $5,430,000, and an additional competitive grant award of $540,752, have been awarded to the Marshall University Forensic Science Center for advanced academic research in criminal forensics technologies…read more. WSAZ – HomePage – Headlines – http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/103619629.html

http://www.marshall.edu/pressrelease.asp?ID=2078 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence (AIDE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving professionals and students of the legal, technical and business communities that work with digital evidence, is sponsoring its first conference at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center. Each day will focus on one of the four sub-groups of

>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

April 19, 2010, Dave Wellman, Marshall University – HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The designs for two recent building projects at Marshall University have been recognized by the West Virginia chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA)…The Forensic Science Center was constructed in three phases and includes high-tech classrooms, DNA training and research laboratories, a digital

>http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/x874712400/Edward-Tucker-Architects-recognized-for-3-local-projectsApril 17, 2010 – JeanTarbett Hardimen, The Herald-Dispatch — A building where patrons celebrate the written word, a facility that offers cutting edge forensic science education and a space that serves as a showpiece for Marshall’s men’s and women’s basketball programs all brought home awards Saturday night for Edward Tucker Architects of Huntington…

Apr 8, 2010- WOWK-TV HUNTINGTON — 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. . . WOWK-TV Read Full Story Here

>http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/x1127236705/Marshall-to-partner-with-SiQuest-in-computer-forensics-trainingApr 6, 2010, Huntington Herald Dispatch, HUNTINGTON, WV — Marshall University has formed an academic training partnership with a Canadian producer of computer forensics software. SiQuest Corp. …http://www.herald-dispatch.com