Students in the FIVS 289 Special Topics course this fall learned how to look at things from a new perspective: under a microscope. During the course, students to learn how to identify fibers from clothing, animal or human hair, or other minute particles that aren’t easily seen by the naked eye. Instructor and Senior Lecturer… Read More →

by Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M AgriLife Communications Insects can help fight crime by providing important scientific insights that can be applied to legal investigations – plus provide interested individuals with a truly unique profession in forensic entomology. While most may view forensic entomology as the “creepy-crawly” part of CSI-type television shows, that perspective only scratches… Read More →

Congratulations to our students that were part of the more than 10,000 that are expected to walk the stage this spring during commencement at Reed Arena on Friday, May 10. Twenty-three students joined several from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences during the 9am ceremony. Congratulations to all that are expected to walk the… Read More →

Ten students from the Aggie Forensic and Investigative Sciences Organization helped a resident in Bryan in the cool late March air during The Big Event on March 30. The students were among 19,000 Aggies that participated in the largest student-run community service event in the nation. During the day, they helped a resident in Bryan… Read More →

The Department of Entomology’s Forensic and Investigative Program has a reason to celebrate this year as it was ranked in the top 25 Best Bachelors in Forensic Science Degree Programs in the country. The Bachelor’s Degree Center, an independent resource website, ranked the program #1 out of 25 Best Bachelors in Forensic Science Programs during… Read More →

Dr. Adrienne Brundage’s engaging teaching style and her caring for students has yet garnered another award as she was recognized by Residence Life on Friday, February 1 at the Memorial Student Center. Brundage was recognized with the organization’s Honoring Excellence award during its ceremony in the Gates Ballroom. The awards are given annually to eight… Read More →

Every fall semester, students in Dr. Jacqueline Aitkenhead-Peterson’s Forensic Soil Science class got the dirt on learning how forensic scientists collected evidence from crime scenes. The students received the experience in collecting soil samples and searching crime scenes for possible evidence during a mock crime scene investigation activity that is held outside the Heep Center… Read More →

Students from Texas high schools got a first-hand glimpse of what it takes to be a forensic scientist as members of Dr. Jeff Tomberlin’s lab volunteered during the recent Youth Adventure Program camp this summer. The camp was one of several week-long courses that were held during the summer months to help gifted and talented… Read More →

The Department of Entomology would like to congratulate the 14 students that are expected to graduate during commencement exercises at Reed Arena on Friday, May 11. These students joined more than 1,200 students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences during the 9am ceremony. Congratulations and good luck on your futures!! Calli Regan Allison… Read More →

Several students were recognized this spring during the Department of Entomology’s annual Undergraduate Recognition Banquet on Thursday, April 12 at the Thomas G. Hildebrand Equine Complex. Tammy Starr and Isaac Luna began the banquet by welcoming guests while former students Dikla Medina and Elaine Chu shared their experiences when they were students in the Department… Read More →

Twenty-one students from the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program and the Aggie Forensic and Investigative Science Organization gave back to the local community during the 36th annual The Big Event. The students were part of more than 20,000 Aggies that were sent out in the community in the nation’s largest single-day community service project on… Read More →

The Department of Entomology and the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program would like to congratulate senior Forensic and Investigative Sciences major Michelle Jonika as she received the 2018 Senior Merit Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Jonika received the award during the annual Spring Convocation that was held in the John G…. Read More →

Congratulations to senior Forensic and Investigative Sciences major Abby Jones as she received second place at the  Ecological Integration Symposium on April 5-6 Jones was awarded second place in the undergraduate student oral presentation category for her talk titled “Mass mortality events in relation to carrion ecology and forensic entomology: emphasizing taxonomic resolution.” Jones’ mentor… Read More →

This year’s Student Research Week went very well for senior Michelle Jonika as she received two awards for her excellence in research during the student run research symposium held the week of March 19-23. Jonika, a senior Forensic and Investigative Sciences major, received first place in the Undergraduate Agriculture and Life Sciences Category and the… Read More →

A small group of Forensic and Investigative Sciences students got a chance to test out a revamped Forensics 421 class this January as the Department of Entomology changed the format of the course for 2018. This year, there were several new additions, including a new faculty member, as well as improved hands-on demonstrations and activities… Read More →

Congratulations to junior Forensic and Investigative Sciences major Fatimah Bouderdaben as she received a fellowship opportunity to present research at the Texas A&M conference in 2018. The fellowship, known as the RISE (Race, Identity and Social Equality) Fellowship, provides undergraduates an opportunity to conduct research with an emphasis on race, identity and social equality. The… Read More →

Two students in the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program received an early gift this holiday season as they joined thousands of Aggies for graduation at Reed Arena on Friday, December 15. The two students that were expected to graduate during the 2pm ceremony include the following: Olivia Nirider – Forensic and Investigative Sciences – Science… Read More →

MIAMI, FLORIDA —Two faculty members from the Department of Entomology are taking the lead in Texas A&M’s participation in a newly formed Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS) funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and its government and industrial partners. Dr. Jeffery Tomberlin, Texas… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Twenty-two high school students that participated in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ STARS Program got a taste of what it is like to be a forensic scientist as Dr. Craig Coates taught the group during a session in the Heep center in early July. The session was a part of the… Read More →

BRYAN, Texas—Eight students received their Forensic Technician certificates during the final portion of the Latent Print Processing course that took place at the RELLIS Campus in Bryan on May 19. Students Maximilian Kirking, Jeremy Arnold, Jack Peabody, Michelle Jonika, Abby Jones, Ava Moyer, Milagros Pacchioni, and Katelyn McLeod received the certificates after successfully completing the… Read More →

Congratulations to the 21 students in the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program as they joined more than 10,000 Aggies during spring graduation this May. The students were part of thousands of other students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences during the 9am commencement ceremony at Reed Arena on Friday, May 12.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Several Forensic and Investigative Sciences students received scholarships and recognized for their activities this academic year during the Department of Entomology’s special Undergraduate Recognition reception on Wednesday, May 3. After the welcome, guest speaker Dr. Jeffery Tomberlin said a few words of encouragement to the graduating seniors during the keynote address and junior… Read More →

Congratulations to senior Forensic and Investigative Sciences major Selena Portillo as she received the 2017 Senior Merit Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Science during its annual Spring Convocation on Saturday, April 8. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Portillo is an active member in the Aggie Forensic and Investigative Sciences Organization and… Read More →

Nine students from the Aggie Forensic and Investigative Sciences Organization spent the cool Saturday afternoon helping a local couple to clean their yard during the Big Event on March 25 at a residence in Wellborn. The students were a part of 21,000 Aggies that were sent out in the community to work on various service… Read More →

Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr. Jeff Tomberlin as he was named a Texas A&M AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow during the Texas A&M AgriLife Conference on January 9 at the Memorial Student Center. The Texas A&M AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow is  an honorific title he will keep throughout his tenure at Texas A&M.  This was awarded… Read More →

Assistant Lecturer Dr. Adrienne Brundage’s teaching methods have earned her one of the highest awards given by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2016. Brundage received the Dean’s Award for Early Career Teaching during a special awards ceremony in October at the AgriLife Center by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Since… Read More →

BRYAN, Texas—Ten Forensic and Investigative Sciences students started their summers off right after they received their Forensic Technician certificates from the Texas Engineering Extension Service on Friday, May 20. FIVS students Kevin Taylor, Emily Parsenault, Tanner Truelove, Amy Cooper, Zayra Ramos, Journey Ewell, Jasmin Arevalo, Selena Portillo, Alex Williams and Casey Hearn received their certificates… Read More →

Seventeen Forensic and Investigative Sciences students celebrated another milestone in their lives as they joined 9,000 other Aggies during spring commencement on Friday, May 13. The students joined thousands of others from the College of Agriculture and and the College of Geosciences expected to walk the Reed Arena stage. Colton Sweetser and Adrianna Tirloni also… Read More →

Congratulations to all of our Forensic and Investigative Sciences students that were recognized at the 20th Annual Undergraduate Entomology Student Banquet on Friday, April 8. Students and their families convened at the Thomas G. Hildebrand Equine Complex where they were treated to a barbecue dinner and desserts as members of the Aggie Forensic and Investigative… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas–Eight members of the Aggie Forensic and Investigative Sciences Organization spent the day Saturday helping a local family for The Big Event on Saturday, April 2. The group joined more than 21,000 Aggies that were sent out in the Bryan/College Station and surrounding areas during the university’s largest area wide day of service… Read More →

For seniors Whitney West and Stephanie Stratta, the dream of becoming certified forensic technicians just became reality this January as they received they became the first Forensic Technician certificate recipients of 2016. West and Stratta, both senior Forensic and Investigative Science majors, just recently completed the Crime Scene Investigation course with 16 other students that… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Department of Entomology’s Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program is celebrating the New Year by introducing Dr. Jeffery Tomberlin as the program’s new director. Tomberlin was named director in January and will be serving as the conduit between the program and the Department of Entomology. He also will serve as the… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Students in Dr. Adrienne Brundage’s FIVS 205 class got a crash course in how reconstructionists re-create and study automobile accidents in November as a local accident reconstructionist guest lectured in November. Brent Munyon, a local accident reconstructionist from A&M Forensics and Engineering, Inc., taught some of his techniques and talked to the students… Read More →

The Forensic and Investigative Sciences program would like to congratulate Kelly Lynn Marshall as she joined more than 5,000 other Aggies during commencement this Friday, December 18. Marshall was among the students graduating from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences during the 9am ceremony at Reed Arena. Kelly Lynn  Marshall Forensic and Investigative Sciences-Law… Read More →

The high quality of Associate Professor Dr. Jeffery Tomberlin’s work in finding out how to best determine the time of death of animals by using microbiological processes of fly attraction has helped him to be featured in the September 2015 issue of Microbiologist magazine. The magazine is a publication of the professional organization called Society… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—The Heep Center Room 108 was transformed into a lab of forensic science as several youths from the Youth Adventure Camp descended for the Investigative Forensics week during late July. The group consisted of several ninth through twelfth graders from schools across the area that interested in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics… Read More →

BRYAN, Texas–Six students that were involved in this May’s Texas Engineering Extension Service’s Texas Forensic Science Academy will have something to take home with them during the summer and in their future careers. Alexandra Gordy, Emily Grimshaw, Emily Vincent, Emily Grimshaw, Henry Junkert, Cady Mello, and Carmen Tellez were awarded the Forensic Technician certificates at… Read More →

Nineteen Forensic and Investigative Sciences students celebrated their hard work in their academic career as they joined more than 8,700 other Aggies that were expected to walk the stage during spring commencement exercises at Reed Arena on Friday, May 15. Students and their families shared memories with faculty members and were treated to a special… Read More →

By Tara Hale, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences A Q&A with Kelsey Muniz Major: Forensic and Investigative Sciences Hometown: Giddings, TX Graduation: May 2015 Favorite color: Pink On her time in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences… How did you discover your major? My aunt has worked for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Missing Persons Unit for… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Seniors Caitlin Otto’s and Kelsey Muniz’s hard work and dedication during their college careers were recognized during Parents’ Weekend as they received the 2015 Senior Merit Awards during the Spring Awards Convocation on Saturday, April 18th. Otto, a native of Houston, Texas, is pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Forensic and Investigative Sciences… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program would like to congratulate Katherine LeVrier as she becomes one of many December graduates to walk the Reed Arena stage during fall graduation on Friday, December 19. LeVrier was among the thousands of other students from the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Science, and the Mays Business School… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Members of the Dr. Jeff Tomberlin’s FLIES Facility and Dr. Aaron Tarone’s lab helped youths understand how forensic science worked as they taught the Investigative Forensics portion of the Youth Adventure Camp during the last week of July. The week the labs held the event was part of a series of… Read More →

by Angel Futrell, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Major: Forensic and Investigative Sciences and Biomedical Sciences Graduation: May 2014 Hometown: Missouri City, TX On his time at Texas A&M… What did you like most about studying forensic and investigative sciences? I love how science and law have to co-exist in the courtroom. Every step you… Read More →

BRYAN, Texas – Nine Forensic and Investigative Sciences students are now ready to work as technicians as they recently received their Forensic Technician certificates after the Texas Forensic Science Academy’s Latent Print Processing course at Riverside Campus on Friday, May 23. The May minimester recipients were Caitlin Otto, Kyle Beckman, Juliane Hough, Charlotte Dearman, Ashley… Read More →

BRYAN, Texas –The New Year has started off right for recent Forensic and Investigative Sciences graduates Hannah Beckerdite and Callan Hundl as they received their Forensic Technician certification at Riverside Campus the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s Forensic Science Academy Crime Scene Investigation course. Beckerdite and Hundl were among 12 participants enrolled in the weeklong… Read More →

Four Forensics students received a very early Christmas gift as they braved the cold mid-December morning at Reed Arena during fall graduation on December 13. The graduating class was among the more than 3,700 students from the university that were expected to graduate this fall. Families and friends also got a chance to hear Dr…. Read More →

Four former students now have another success story to tell as they received a very important certification from the only forensic entomology certification organizations in North America. Drs. Micah Flores, Adrienne Brundage, Michelle Sanford, and Jonathan Cammack were given the high honors by receiving their Member certifications from the American Board of Forensic Entomology in… Read More →

The Forensic and Investigative program and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service would like to extend their congratulations to four students that received their Forensic Technician certificates in May. Seniors Sunday Saenz, Tyler Smith, Neil Higgs and Caitlin Evers received the certificates after completing both the required Latent Print Processing and Crime Scene Investigation techniques… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—The Forensic and Investigative Sciences program would like to congratulate those that were among a record-setting 7,100 Aggies during spring commencement exercises held on Saturday, May 11 at Reed Arena. Fourteen students were among thousands of other students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences expected to walk the stage during the… Read More →

BRYAN, Texas – Two students in the Forensics and Investigative Sciences program started off the New Year right as they received the Forensic Technician certificate from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service in January. Senior Forensic and Investigative Sciences major Lauren Garmley and Senior Forensic and Investigative Sciences major Kris Dawson received the International Association… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION, Texas –Two students in the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program received an early Christmas gift this December as they walked the stage during commencement exercises on Friday, December 14. Kortney Parchman and Alex Weghorst joined more than a thousand Aggies from the Forensic and Investigative Sciences during the 9am ceremony Friday morning. Before… Read More →

COLLEGE STATION — Cliff Spiegelman keeps a thank-you note from a client, along with a retainer for his professional services on that effort, a $1 bill. That’s more than the distinguished professor in the Texas A&M University Department of Statistics often gets for his public service. But his mission to improve forensic science in the… Read More →

The Department of Entomology and the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program congratulates senior Jennifer Rhinesmith on receiving top award for her research for a non-PhD student at a national forensic entomology meeting in July. She received the Best Presentation for a Non-Doctoral student award during a special awards presentation at the North American Forensic Entomology… Read More →

Texas high school and junior high students got their first taste of forensic science this summer as members of Dr. Jeff Tomberlin’s lab hosted the Youth Adventure Program in the Heep Center. Held every summer, the program is designed to encourage career exploration in the fields of interest to students in the 6th through 12th… Read More →

Five students are now official Forensic Technicians as they completed the Texas Forensic Science Academy’s latent fingerprint class this May. Students Alex Weghorst, Kortney Parchman, Madison Gaytan, Alyssa Laymance and Lindsey Thompson received their certifications after completing workshops in latent print processing and crime scene investigation techniques. The course, which was led by TFSA Coordinator… Read More →

The Forensic and Investigative Sciences program would like to congratulate Ileene Berrios on receiving the 2012 Senior Merit Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The awards were handed out during the College’s annual Spring Awards Convocation recognition ceremony held in the AgriLife Center on March 31. Berrios is a senior Forensic and… Read More →

The Forensic and Investigative Sciences program celebrated a milestone in its five-year history as the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences announced full accreditation of the program for five years on February 18. “To get to this point so quickly required vast foresight, persistence, and coordination by… Read More →