John Jay College MS Forensic Science Program

09/02/2026

Check out this year’s John Jay College Forensic Science Symposium.
On Friday, October 16, 2026, listen to a series of talks about scientific and legal perspectives on Cold Case investigations: remote and in person.
On Saturday, October 17, 2026, learn about probabilistic genotyping, specifically the STRmix software and how it is used in court: in person only.
Click here for the full agenda, registration fees, and sign-up sheet. Registration Link: https://forms.gle/UukhDqhzTDhPMup5A

02/14/2026

In the AAFS Friday morning Toxicology session Stephanie Rodriguez and Christopher McGrowder reported on their research with Professor Marta Concheiro-Guisán.

02/14/2026

Also had a great time at the AAFS university fair where former and current students came together with faculty members. With New Orleans style music.

02/14/2026

Successfully completed the 78th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in New Orleans. We had two student and one faculty talks, and six student and one faculty posters. Congratulations on your posters Mia Sorrentino, Brooke Fontaine, Alexis Palma, Laila Mansour, Ethan Frazer, Rachel Chan, Yuching Chung, and of course Nick Petraco.

01/01/2026

Congratulations to our John Jay Forensic science alumni for being part of this group of college graduates.

Forensic Science is outpacing most disciplines—degree awards have surged 20% since 2019, reflecting growing student interest and workforce demand. Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

12/24/2025

Holiday Greetings

10/27/2025

The Young Forensic Scientists (YSF) section of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists organized this interesting event on November 19th.

Register here: https://accounts.aafs.org/Events/Event_display.aspx?EventKey=NOV182025&WebsiteKey=357c3059-6426-49c7-9e45-7b8185ba7c14

09/25/2025

This commentary in Nature quotes John Jay College professor Nathan Lents on the groundbreaking court admission of Whole Genome Sequencing on rootless hairs in the Gilgo Beach case.

New York trial could set a legal precedent by admitting findings from whole-genome sequencing as evidence.

09/16/2025

Celebrate National Forensic Science Week by learning something new in a forensic discipline of your choice. CFSO and NIST are offering several talks.

We are happy to provide information for the 13th anniversary of National Forensic Science Week (NFSW), September 14th to the 20th, 2025. NFSW always falls on the third full week of September. We are a committee of members assigned from various Forensic Associations by the Consortium of Forensic Scie...

09/10/2025

Very proud of John Jay College student Laila Mansour.

Sometimes the results aren’t what you expect. Student Ambassador Laila Mansour shares how two DNA extraction robots stacked up, why one lab’s EZ1 underperformed, and how troubleshooting shaped her research journey.

👉 Read her full preview → https://bit.ly/47CMig8