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MAI News
Feb 02, 2010
Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, director of the Applied Forensic Sciences Department and board certified forensic anthropologist, is featured in an article in the Erie Times News. The articled titled "Forensic Expert Back from Haiti Relief Effort" was in the Tuesday, February 2nd paper, and describes the work he did to assist in the relief effort in Haiti.
Jan 18, 2010
Dr. James Adovasio, director of the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, is featured in Mammoth Trumpet's, January 2010 volumne. The article entitled "Paleo Woman: Lost to History" is coauthored with Elizabeth Chilton.
Jan 17, 2010
The head of applied forensic sciences at Mercyhurst College, Dennis Dirkmaat, Ph.D., is among two disaster reflief teams deployed to Haiti by Kenyon International Emergency Services, an international disaster management company.
Jan 04, 2010
“Preclovis and Peopling the Americas,” which recognizes the contribution of Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute Director Dr. James Adovasio as principal excavator of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter, is among the “Top Ten Archaeological News Stories of the Decade” identified by About.Com: Archaeology, which is owned by The New York Times Company.
