High school and community college students dived into a deep investigation on Tuesday of GCU's forensic science offerings at the annual Forensic Science Day. They learned about fingerprint and blood spatter patterns, visited the DNA and cadaver labs, watched a police dog demonstration, stopped into a few lectures and more. Story
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Visiting high school students take selfies by the event banner during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Senior forensic science major Jeremiah Coleman (right) shows a visiting high school student the differences in fingerprint patterns during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Visiting high school students and faculty look for clues and answers at the Crime Scene Challenge during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Visiting high school students and faculty look for clues and answers at the Crime Scene Challenge during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Senior forensic science major Suzie Hill (center) shows a visiting high school teacher how to lift a fingerprint off a surface during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Crime scene technician Quincy Stacker and members of the Chandler Police Crime Scene Unit were on hand to answer questions during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Visiting high school students try to walk a straight line wearing glasses that simulate intoxicated vision at the Field & Drug Test station during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Visiting high school students observe how different objects create different patterns in the blood spatter tent during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
University Vice Provost Jennifer Lech tries her hand at lifting a fingerprint from a glass surface during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Phoenix police officer Alistair Morrison plays with Dag, a Belgian Malinois with the department’s K-9 Unit, during a demonstration on the Quad at Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Dag, a Belgian Malinois with the Phoenix Police Department’s K-9 unit, leaps to catch a target toy during a demonstration on the Quad at Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Phoenix police officer Sean Knapp talks to a crowd about the department’s K-9 unit during a demonstration on the Quad at Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Belgian Malinois Urosh, part of the Phoenix Police Department’s K-9 Unit, latches on to the bite suit of Phoenix Police officer Brian Authement during a demonstration on the Quad at Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Urosh, one of the Belgian Malinois with the Phoenix Police Department’s K-9 Unit, leaps to latch on to the bite suit of Phoenix police officer Brian Authement during a demonstration on the Quad at Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Associate Professor and Program Director of Forensic Science Dr. Melissa Beddow addresses the visiting high school students and faculty during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
Visiting high school students and faculty attend one of the speaker presentations during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025. -
A visiting high school student gets a prize for completing the Crime Scene Challenge during Forensic Science Day on Feb. 4, 2025.
