CULLOWHEE, N.C. (WSPA) – A group of students and professors from Western Carolina University helped police close a two-year-old missing persons case. According to the university, a group of six ...

Western Carolina University students help aid Durham police solve a missing persons case from 2023.

The university said that it is a rare privilege to be directly involved with the closure of this kind of case.

The new book, "A Companion to Forensic Anthropology," edited by Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, chair of the Applied Forensic Sciences Department and the Master of Science program in Anthropology at Mercyhurst ...

ERIE, Pa. — At first glance, it may be startling to see shelves of human skulls inside the forensic anthropology lab at Mercyhurst University, but it's all part of the learning experience for students ...

ERIE, Pa. — Staff and students with Mercyhurst University’s applied forensic science program do much more than just study bones. When the Mercyhurst team arrives at a crime scene, members are tasked ...

WCU's forensic anthropology program along with the Division of Educational Outreach, will be offering a summer day camp course for high school students entitled "Tales from the Dead: An Introduction ...

All nine seasons of the terrific BBC show Waking the Dead are live and RTB (that's ready-to-binge – innovative, we know) on WGBH Passport. Popular in the UK in the early oughts – and a big hit in ...

Mansfield police Detective Rob Skropits and his daughter have worked together on several death scenes in Mansfield and Richland County. Unlike her father, Hannah Skropits is a forensic anthropologist.