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 experiences in their fields. 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 in URI's Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, RI, from 3:30 to 5:00p.m.: Friday seminars will be held in Beaupre 100, and Wednesday seminars in Beaupre 105. |
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Fall 2025 | |||
Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
12-Sep | Jim Cliff | All in a day's work | Providence Police |
19-Sep | Anthony Amore | Pulling off the World's Biggest Heist | Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum |
26-Sep | Victor Fey-Wolfe | Digital Forensics | URI Computer Science |
3-Oct | Virginia Maxwell | Defending the Dumb | Univ. New Haven |
10-Oct | Manning & Given | A hot topic | RI State Fire Marshal |
17-Oct | Otto Gregory | The Role of Microscopy in Forenics | URI Chem Engineering |
24-Oct | Cara Lupino | DNA | RI Dept. of Health |
31-Oct | Bryan Volpe & Tom Chadronet | Overdose Response Strategy, Trends & Emerging Threats | NE High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area |
7-Nov | Mark Comorosky | The Secret of USSS | USSS |
14-Nov | Kirk Yeager | Explosive Topics | FBI |
21-Nov | Chief Jagoda | TBA | URI Security Director |
5-Dec | Alec Wyers | Shooting Straight | Alec Wyers |
Spring 2025 | |||
Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
24-Jan | Prof Jimmie Oxley | Class Overview | URI Chemistry |
31-Jan | Prof Victor Fay-Wolfe | Digital Forensics | URI Prof Computer Forensics |
7-Feb | Michele Petro | NCIS Crime Scene Processing | Special Agent NCIS, Newport RI |
14-Feb | Anthony Silva | Cultivating Cannabis & Alcohol Awareness | Police Chief (ret) |
21-Feb | Matt Zarrella | Search Dogs-Finding Humans | Master trainer in canine search & rescue |
28-Feb | David San Pietro | Trends in Forensic DNA Analysis | U New Haven Prof Forensic Science |
7-Mar | Ann Marie Mires | Role of Forensic Archaeology in Solving Cases | Director Forensic Criminology |
21-Mar | Michael DiLauro | State v John W. & N Gordon: The Coldest Case in RI | Public Defender (ret) |
28-Mar | Sgt Steve Courville | Police do horse around | Providence police-mounted division |
4-Apr | RAC Robert White & GS Ricky Mustion II | ATF Intro to Crime Gun Intelligence | ATF Crilme Gun Intelligence |
11-Apr | Anthony Pesare | New England Organized Crime & Informants | RI State Police & Police Chief (ret) |
18-Apr | Frank Puglia | From BIG BANG to cell phones | URI Engineering |
25-Apr | Dr Patricia Ogera | Tales of a medical examiner | RI State Medical Examiner |
