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MU forensic science professor to sit on CAP committees

WCHS 13- Marshall Scientist, Kelly Beatty, Leading the Way

WSAZ- Hundreds of backlogged rape kits tested; positive matches found

Herald Dispatch Editorial for MUFSP

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Contact: Mary M. Thomasson, Public Information Officer, Marshall University Forensic Science Center, 304-691-8961 or cell 304-638-1210 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Forensic Science Graduate Program has once again been ranked number one in the country compared to other graduate programs participating in the Forensic Science Assessment Test administered earlier this

By LACIE PIERSON Jul 25, 2016 HUNTINGTON – The recent restructuring of two colleges at Marshall University was designed to strengthen both colleges and create a more rounded experience for students, according to university officials. To read the entire story, click here. 

HUNTINGTON – Marshall University Forensic Science graduate student Kelsey L. Wilkinson of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, is a 2016 Forensic Sciences Foundation Emerging Forensic Scientist Award winner. Wilkinson won the award for her presentation titled “Development of a Portable Mobile Phone Forensic Acquisition and Analysis Toolkit Utilizing Open Source Tools.” She delivered the presentation in February at

Research Day 2016 Herald Dispatch Article

MUFSP Student, Kelsey Wilkinson, Receives National Award

MUFSP Professor Receives National Award

Marshall faculty, recent graduates contribute to book on digital forensics

Herald Dispatch-  MU Forensics Program Supports Women at Expo

Huntington News- Marshall University Forensic Identification Association to host Women’s Expo at Pullman Square

Firearms Examiner Kendra Wilbur, Marshall University Forensic Science Program Alumnus, was Interviewed about her job.

“$1,500 in Donations Presented to Forensic Scholarship Fund” Herald Dispatch article

Marshall University Forensic Science Center DNA Analyst, Misty Marra, Delivers Training on DNA’s Role in Sexual Assault Investigations

MUFSP Featured in Herald Dispatch Article

Award Announcement

Joshua Brunty, assistant professor of integrated science and technology, was recently nominated as one of 23 members of the newly formed NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) Organization for Scientific Area Committee (OSAC) on Digital Evidence. Since digital evidence plays a growing role in a wide variety of crimes as cell phones, computers, GPS

Tenacious.  Passionate. Driven.  These are the words that Sean Piwarski uses to describe himself. Piwarski is this year’s recipient of the Chancellor’s Scholarship, given to a student in Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program. The Chancellor’s Scholar Program is intended to recruit, educate and graduate underrepresented minority students in