January 11, 2024Mary Ellen O鈥橳oole, director of the Forensic Science Program in Mason鈥檚 College of Science, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the university鈥檚 new 鈥渂ody farm,鈥 an outdoor research and training laboratory on its SciTech Campus that will allow crime-scene research in forensic science and forensic anthropology using human donors.
July 13, 2023The Marvel universe isn't the only place where insects and other invertebrates have superpowers. Mason faculty, staff, and students are studying and explaining the many roles these creatures play on our planet, learning more about a bug's life鈥攁nd the big world surrounding them鈥攅very step of the way. This edition of Around Mason offers a recap of some of those stories.
January 18, 2022A collaboration between the Honey Bee Initiative and Mason's new Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory could yield critical advances in forensic science.
Fri, 01/29/2021 - 12:40What's it like to interview a mass murderer? Professor Mary Ellen O'Toole, a former FBI profiler, fills us in on that and Mason's new Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory, which will be one of only eight in the U.S. to use donor remains for forensic research.
