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Fulfilling the Promise of DNA Technology
President’s DNA Initiative Brings Hope of Crime Lab Funding, Backlog Resolution
By Kelly M. Pyrek

Crime Lab Design is in the Details
By Kelly M. Pyrek

Forensic Photography:
The Pros and Cons of Going Digital
By John Roark

EDITOR’S LETTER
Demanding Respect for Forensic Science

PERSPECTIVES
Field Needs Adequate Funding, National Forensic Science Commission

SPECIAL SECTION
Advances in DNA

NEWS & VIEWS
Industry News Briefs, Off the Bookshelf, Notes from the Field


November 2003

3-6
Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists Training Conference

Radisson Plaza Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas
Contact: Michelle O'Neal, Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office
(817) 920-5700, ext. 163
www.swafs.us

3-7
Detection, Recovery and Examination of Footwear Impression Evidence

Ramada Inn
Jacksonville, Fla.
Contact: William J. Bodziak, (904) 287-8860 or wbodziak@bellsouth.net
www.bodziak.com

3-7
Basic Facial Reconstruction on the Skull Workshop

University of Oklahoma
Norman, Okla.
www.occe.ou.edu/facial/

10-14
Basic Facial Reconstruction on the Skull Workshop

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
http://www.occe.ou.edu/facial/

12-14
DNA Forensics for Attorneys and Law Enforcement Course

University of Florida Health Sciences Center
Contact: (workshop information) Ginger Clark , (352) 392-3948 or ginger@biotech.ufl.edu; (registration information) Teresa Benton , (352) 392-8408
Or tbenton@biotech.ufl.edu
www.biotech.ufl.edu/WorkshopCourses/registration.htm

17-20
Basic Crime Scene Investigation Workshop

Texas A & M University, Kingsville, Texas
Contact: Sgt. Jose Garcia, (361) 593-4205 or kajlg00@tamuk.edu

17-21
Basic Forensic Pathology Course

Doubletree Hotel
Rockville, Md.
Contact: Ricky Giles, (800) 577-3749
www.afip.org/Departments/edu/coursehtm/03basicfs.htm

20-23
40th Anniversary Conference on the JFK Assassination

Hosted by The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.
Contact: Ben Wecht, (412) 396-1049 or wechtben@duq.edu
www.law.duq.edu

December 2003

4-6
Practicum 2003 -- A Seminar on Forensic Odontology

Miami Dade County University, Medical Examiner Department.
Contact: Marie Alexander, (305) 375-2501 or
malex@miamidade.gov

8-12
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Workshop

Metropolitan Police Institute, Miami
Contact: Toby L. Wolson, (305) 471-3041 or twolson@mdpd.com

January 2004

7-9
Second Annual Specialties in Death Investigation

New Orleans, La.
Contact: Dr. Ed Waldrip, (601) 794-6765 or edwaldrip@msn.com

26-30
Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course

Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Division of Forensic Pathology
St. Louis, Mo.
Contact: Mary Fran Ernst or Julie Howe, (314) 268-5970 or mldi@slu.edu
http://medschool.slu.edu/masters

February 2004

16-21
American Academy of Forensic Science

56th annual meeting
Adam's Mark Hotel
Dallas
www.aafs.org

March 2004

4-7
The American College of Legal Medicine

44th Conference
Rio All-Suite Casino Resort
Las Vegas
Contact: Sue O'Sullivan, (847) 969-0283 or aclm@wjweiser.com
www.aclm.org

8-12
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Workshop

Metropolitan Police Institute
Miami, Fla.
Contact: Toby L. Wolson, (305) 471-3041

15-20
Forensic Anthropology for Law Enforcement and Death Investigators

Missouri Western University, Saint Joseph, Mo.
Contact: Dr. Ed Waldrip, (601) 794-6765 or edwaldrip@msn.com

28-April 2
Australia and New Zealand Forensic Society

17th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.
Contact: Janet Simes, organiser@conferences.co.nz
www.anzfss2004.org.nz

April 2004

26-30
Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course

Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Division of Forensic Pathology
St. Louis, Mo.
Contact: Mary Fran Ernst or Julie Howe, (314) 268-5970
http://medschool.slu.edu/masters

June 2004

24-25
SEAK, Inc.
13th Annual National Expert Witness Conference
Hyannis, Mass.
Contact: Kathy, (508) 548-7023
www.seak.com


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