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Arcadia University Forensic Science Program One of the most renowned FEPAC accredited master programs in forensic science in the country

05/01/2025

Congratulations to our 1st Year MSFS students on their final presentations of the semester!🥳👏

Last week, our students presented their research proposal presentations. Each student spoke about the research projects they will be pursuing over the next year!

Great work students!!👍

04/28/2025

Last week, our first year MSFS students in Forensic Biology were lucky to hear from Dr. Athina Vidaki, an expert in forensic genomics. Her presentation, “Forensic Serology at the Next Level,” provided a deep dive into advanced forensic serology testing as well as current research and techniques!

Our students enjoyed being able to learn about some of the more complex topics related the concepts that have been covered in class over the course of their spring semester!

Thank you, Dr. Vidaki, for sharing your insights and expertise with our students!

04/24/2025

Earlier this month, we had a visit from students at Building 21 High School in Philadelphia. They heard a lecture from Dr. Oldoni about the MSFS program and Nicole, Aaliyah, and Hailee shared a bit about their experiences.

Then students were given a campus tour and took a trip to the Crime Scene House where they were able to participate in CSI activities like using alternative light sources, fingerprinting, and crime scene sketching! The day ended with a great lunch provided by Arcadia!

04/14/2025

Check out second-year MSFS students, Allison, Jaycie, and Hope, at their external internship at the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office (MCCO)! 🤩

During their external internship at the MCCO, they observed and assisted with autopsies, responded to death scenes, screened various calls, assisted with data collection, handled and processed evidence, reviewed medical records, helped with the intake and release of human remains, and performed various record administration tasks. 🥼🩸📸

They found their external internship at the MCCO extremely valuable and are very thankful for the opportunities it brought.

We are so proud of you guys and all of your hard work! 😊👏

04/10/2025

This past Monday, first year MSFS students demonstrated their chemistry skills by preparing drugs from solid dosage form for chemical analysis through Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry(GC/MS). Students had to know their drug samples to detrmine weither to use an acid or base extraction method, then extract the organic layer to be run through the GC/MS for analysis. We are very proud of our students and their great work! 👩‍🔬🧪🧑‍🔬

04/09/2025

The first year MSFS students were in the microscopy lab again veiwing specimens under polarized light. Stuents mounted different specimens such as glass, nylon, cotton, and boric acid before veiwing them under polar light to determine if they were isotropic or anisotropic substances. Students also had to opertunitiy to observe substances that were pleochromatic, which is an optical phenomenon where a substance appears to change colors when viewed from different angles. Keep up the great work as we near the end of the semester! 🔬🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🥼

04/07/2025

Last week, our first year MSFS students heard from Lt. (Prof.) Ed Schikel and Lt. Bill Mitchell in an insightful lecture about strong and ethical leadership during their Professional Seminar II class.

Both well respected leaders themselves, Lt. Schikel and Lt. Mitchell discussed what characteristics make a good leader, how to lead ethically, how to gain respect from those you lead, and why a good leader is important.

They also gave insights into specific leadership considerations for forensic scientists!

Thank you Prof. Schikel and Lt. Mitchell!

04/03/2025

This week the first year MSFS students showed their chemistry skills in their Forensic Chemistry Lab where they tested the solubility of different drugs in different solvents. Students performed a dry extraction using multiple solvent/drug combinations. 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬🥼🧪

04/02/2025

Yesterday our first year students MSFS students conducted their last serology lab for this semester! In this lab students used alternative light sources (ALS) to locate evidence stains on a piece of cloth, and then preformed an immunochromatographic assay on the stains to determine if the stains were consistent with the presence of Urine. Great work!!!🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬

03/26/2025

Last week, our first year MSFS students completed their 3rd serology lab with the goal of identifying potential semen stains! They used alternative light sources (ALS) to locate questioned stains, and then utilized a series of presumptive and confirmatory tests to determine whether any of them may be semen.

Students were able to narrow down their samples and confirm a chemical indication of semen for some of their stains. Great work students!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

03/24/2025

Last week, the students from the class GFS319/419 CSI England and Switzerland and Dr. Fabio Oldoni to NMS Labs in Horsham, PA. This class is a global field study made up of graduate and undergraduate students interested in forensic science that gives them the awesome opportunity to travel abroad for two weeks in the spring where they will visit England and Switzerland!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇭

At the lab, two toxicologists—Nick and Victoria—gave the class a tour of the facilities, letting them see the behind the scenes work done in a private forensic laboratory! 🧑‍🔬🥽

Thank you so much to and all of their staff for your hospitality! 🫶👏

03/19/2025

This past November, the Eastern Analytical Symposium, EAS, occurred in Plainsboro, NJ. 2024 MSFS alumna Kourtney Albert presented her research done with Dr. Heather Harris in her lab, where they conducted research on the Evaluation of Urine Cannabinoids by LC/MS/MS in Population of CBD Users. Current first and second year MFSF students had the opportunity to attend this conference to expand their analytical knowledge. At the conference, students were able to interact with vendors and other research presentors from across the Northeast and Mid Atlantic region of the United States.

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