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An article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on 8/18/10 entitled "Bones in woods may be those of man slain 9 years ago" mentions Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat and his graduate students excavating a scene in Fayette County where human remains were found.
Faculty in the News
Forensic anthropologist Dennis Dirkmaat and graduate students excavated a site where human remains were found in Murrysville, PA. The article published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was titled: "Officals working to identify remains found in Murrysville".
Forensic anthropology students deliver strong showing at AAPA
Recent graduates of the master’s degree program in anthropology at Mercyhurst College made a strong showing at the 79th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, held earlier this spring in Albuquerque, N.M.
Faculty in the News
Dr. J.M. Adovasio was the plenary speaker for the 94th Annual Meeting of the New York Society of American Archaeology held April 23-25. His lecture was titled “Early Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective.”
MAI makes a showing at SAA
Faculty and research staff members of the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute presented papers at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology in St. Louis, Mo., April 14-18.
'Hurst archaeologist Jim Adovasio: From rock shelter to runway
Jim Adovasio scoffs at the bigger-than-life Indiana Jones image that he invariably conjures up; this rugged archaeologist is, after all, a scholar of international renown with well over 500 publications to his credit.
Symes joins Lee, Baden and Spitz at annual death investigation forum
The Medicolegal Investigation of Death Seminar, now in its 34th year, is an educational forum headlined by experts in death investigation from around the nation; this year among them is Mercyhurst College forensic anthropologist Dr. Steven Symes.
Forensic anthropology team called to Pa. crime scene
Mercyhurst's highly regarded forensic anthropology team of faculty and graduate students was called to a crime scene in Waynecastle, Pa., on April 7, where they recovered the body of a Waynesboro, Pa., teenager missing since 1995. Read more.
Mercyhurst's new 'Dinosaurs' exhibit eyed as major tourist attraction
Mercyhurst College, home to the Sincak Natural History Collection, will unveil its biggest exhibit yet - "Dinosaurs" - on April 5 at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park. The exhibit is scheduled to run throughout the summer and is anticipated to be a huge tourist attraction.
Applied forensic sciences delivers strong showing at AAFS
Faculty, students and alumni of the Mercyhurst College Applied Forensic Sciences Department were well represented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting held recently in Seattle, Wash.