FROST in the news

Research Award to Benefit NMU Forensic Program

Mining Journal, April 19, 2023

 

Forensic Anthropology Progresses at NMU

Mining Journal, July 21, 2022

Student Researches Time-of-Death Indicator

Northern Today,September 10, 2019

Human remains found in Chippewa County

Iron Mountain Daily News, September 6,2019

NMU's new FROST facility

TV6, September 18, 2017

Wankmiller Good Choice to Lead FROST

Mining Journal, August 30, 2017

New Director Hired at FROST

Mining Journal, August 30, 2017

Research & Publications

 

Publications:

 

"Fired Bullets and the Implications for Comparison During Different Stages of Human Decomposition: A Pilot Study"

By: Shelby Szymoniak, B.S., Michigan State Police Metro Detroit Laboratory, Detroit, Michigan; Rachel E. Smith, B.S., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI; and Jane C. Harris, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.

 

Poster Presentations:

Research presented at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Anaheim, California (February 17-22).

"The Effect of Human Decomposition on Fired Bullets and the Ability to Compare"

Shelby Szymoniak, B.S.*, Michigan State Police Metro Detroit Laboratory, Detroit, Michigan; Rachel E. Smith, B.S. & Jane C. (Wankmiller) Harris, Ph.D., Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

 

"Instars and Stripes: the scavenging behavior and taphonomic contribution of the Striped Skunk"

Rachel E. Smith, B.S.* & Jane C. (Wankmiller) Harris, Ph.D., Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI