{"id":72684,"date":"2017-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-announces-lineup-for-spring-forensic-science-seminar-series\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:00:00","slug":"uri-announces-lineup-for-spring-forensic-science-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/uri-announces-lineup-for-spring-forensic-science-seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"URI announces lineup for Spring Forensic Science Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON – R.I \u2013 January 24, 2017 – Working at a forensic crime laboratory, investigating murders and defending or prosecuting suspects are a few of the topics that will be discussed during the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Spring Forensic Science Seminar Series. Speakers and topics are subject to change.
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All seminars are free and open to the public. They will be held on Fridays, starting Jan. 27, from 3:30 \u2013 5PM. The seminars will be presented in the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Science, 140 Flagg Road, room 100. <\/span><\/p>\n

The speakers and the topics of their lectures are as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Jan. 27: Marc Tobias, investigative attorney and physical security specialist, \u201cSecurity Threat from 3D Printing and Scanning Technology.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Feb. 3: Gerald Kagan, post-doctoral fellow and URI research chemist, \u201cWorking at the NYPD Forensic Lab.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Feb. 10: James Clift, a detective with the Providence Police Department who works in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, \u201cCrime Scene Processing in the City.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Feb.17: Tim Kupferschmid, chief of laboratories in the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, \u201cThe Medical Examiner – Challenges for today and tomorrow.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Feb. 24: Tim White, investigative reporter at WPRI TV, \u201cNew England La Cosa Nostra.\u201d White is also co-author of the book \u201cThe Last Good Heist\u201d about a series of robberies by organized crime. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mar. 3: Barbara Costello, professor of sociology at URI, \u201cThe Role of Friends in Crime and Conformity.\u201d Costello specializes in criminology and is researching peer influence on deviant behavior. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Mar. 10: Jack Levin, professor emeritus at Northeastern University, \u201cMass & Serial Murders.\u201d Levin is co-director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict and was professor of sociology and criminology and wrote numerous books on crime. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Mar. 24: Elaine Pagliaro, former director of the Connecticut State Forensic Laboratory and member of the Henry C. Lee Institute, \u201cPost-conviction forensics.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Mar. 31: Judith Crowell, of the Judith Crowell Law Office, Providence, \u201cDefending the Guilty.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Apr. 7: Roderick Kennedy, retired judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals, \u201cForensic Science: Judicial Gate Keeping.\u201d Judge Kennedy is internationally known for his expertise on the connection between law and science and is a member the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Apr. 14: Robert Foster, former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney, \u201cForensic Science in Chemical Weapons Disposal.\u201d Foster consults on expert evidence and forensic science.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Apr. 21: Don Hayes, director of the Boston Police Department Crime Laboratory, \u201cThe Boston Strangler Case Revisited.\u201d Hayes re-examined the evidence in this case using the latest DNA technology. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Apr. 28: Maurice Marshall, from the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory in the United Kingdom, \u201cRunning a Large Forensic Explosive Lab.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Sarah Saltiel-Ragot, an intern in URI\u2019s Department of Marketing and Communications, wrote this news release.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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