News and Events
Silent No More Symposium
January 24, 2020
More than 170 law enforcement, addiction treatment, medical, education, and community services professionals gathered in James Branch Cabell Library on Tuesday, January 14, to discuss and collaborate on ways to address the opioid crisis.
VCU forensic science researchers receive $2.28M for crime scene evidence research
December 3, 2019
E-liquids often contain alcohol as an unlisted ingredient. What are the health and safety implications?
December 3, 2019
After discovering ethanol in vape juice samples, a VCU professor is leading a major study to explore the ramifications for public safety. E-liquids — the flavored nicotine solution used in e-cigarettes — frequently contain the unlisted ingredient ethanol, or alcohol, according to research conducted in the lab of Virginia Commonwealth University professor Michelle Peace, Ph.D.
A Journey Home
December 3, 2019
CBD Related Poisonings Reach Highest Level Yet. Here's Why
August 6, 2019
Forensic toxicologist Michelle Peace has found dangerous synthetics in dozens of CBD vape products. She says a lack of FDA regulations is to blame.
Forensic science lecture series
August 30, 2019
A series of forensic science lectures this fall will explore topics in the field and past cases, including the so-called “collar bomb” case in which a pizza delivery driver in Erie, Pennsylvania, robbed a bank in 2003 with a bomb clamped around his neck that ultimately exploded and killed him.