VCU Dpt of Forensic Science. Leading in forensic science education and research. Defining Rowdiology. Go Rams!
Richmond, VA
Joined September 2009
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Marilyn Miller, a driving force in legitimizing scientific analysis as a sub-discipline of crime scene investigation and a founding @VCUFRSC faculty member, is retiring. @VCUCHS news.vcu.edu/article/Marilyn…
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Happy New Year VCU! With the new year comes new laws – and there’s one in particular we’d like to highlight. It is now unlawful for any person, while driving a moving motor vehicle on the highways in Virginia, to hold a handheld personal communications device. (1/3)
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What is stalking? It’s a pattern of behavior directed @ a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Stalking and harassment are similar & can overlap. Harassment may be part of a stalking pattern of behavior/course of conduct. (1/4)
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"Now that those kits have been tested, the DNA profiles will sit in the state and national database and will be searched and used for solving crimes and bringing closure to victims for years to come" - @VCUFRSC Prof. Tracey Dawson Cruz. news.vcu.edu/article/More_ca…
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Virginia’s elimination of its rape kit backlog is momentous, but more work remains to change the culture surrounding evidence submission for sexual assault cases, says @VCUFRSC chair and DNA analysis expert Tracey Dawson Cruz. news.vcu.edu/article/More_ca…
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🎥REMINDER: We’ve partnered w/ @VCUarts on a video contest for #VCU students. We’re looking for pitches & ideas for future safety videos. 📲💻 If you’ve got a video camera on your cell phone or laptop, that’s all you need! (1/2)
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VCU Forensic Science retweeted
Congrats to Virginia Commonwealth University
@VCU @VCUFRSC for being named 1 of 15 Top Forensic Biology Programs
forensicscolleges.com/blog/r…… ... @ForensicsEd
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.@VCU students living in #RVA: Please stay home & only go out for necessities. Even if you show no symptoms of COVID-19, you can still transmit the illness to others. #VCU23 #VCU2023 #VCU22 #VCU2022 #VCU21 #VCU2021 #VCU20 #VCU2020 #VCU #SocialDistancing
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VCU Forensic Science retweeted
Someone needs to invent Zoomroulette, where you can click a button and drop into a random business meeting, university class, or friend hangout.
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You dont have to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ twice... try ‘Another Brick in the Wall’.
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Presenting on a panel with @FBI and @CBP at the @TheJusticeDept 2020 National Opioid Summit, DEA Deputy Chief of Ops Matt Donahue highlights the Mexican cartel threat and steps DEA is taking to combat them. @USattorneys #opioidcrisis
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VCU Forensic Science retweeted
A facial approximation of Ancient Egyptian mummy Nesiur is on display at @BoonshoftMuseum and was generated by recently graduated @WorldStudiesVCU student Mason Smith and @VCUFRSC researcher Terrie Simmons-Ehrhardt. news.vcu.edu/article/A_VCU_s…
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@MensHealthMag ...and our interview was before the vaping-related injuries and deaths!! #JustSayin...the industry got ahead of the science, which I have been saying for YEARS - I still hold tho that this is not about vaping cannabis, it’s about #vaping
VCU Forensic Science retweeted
Excellent research & development led by Dr. Tracey Dawson Cruz, professor & chair of @VCUFRSC. "By automating several steps needed to prepare DNA evidence for analysis, the device reduces the overall processing time from 5-6.5 hours down to 90 minutes."
The nation’s backlog of untested rape kits is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands.
A device invented by @VCUFRSC Prof. Tracey Dawson Cruz could help by processing sexual assault DNA evidence faster and at a lower cost than existing methods. news.vcu.edu/article/This_VC…
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By automating several steps needed to prepare DNA evidence for analysis, a @VCUFRSC professor's invention cuts the processing time from 5-6.5 hours down to 90 minutes. And it reduces forensic examiners’ hands-on time from 2.5-3.5 hours to just 10 minutes. news.vcu.edu/article/This_VC…