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outs of fighting crime Science in action - learning about
biotechnology at UNI's CSI Summer Camp. Crime scene
investigation shows like "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: Las Vegas" are
all the rage on TV. There’s something about watching police
officers solve cases using fingerprints, DNA and other physical
evidence that appeals to people of all ages – especially kids.
"The CSI franchise has done wonders for the area of forensics,
so we wanted to talk about the science behind crime scene
analysis," said Kavita Dhanwada, associate dean in the College
of Humanities, Arts and Sciences who led a weeklong forensics
camp at UNI in June. CSI: Cedar Falls – Crime Fighting with
Biotechnology drew area junior high and high school students to
McCollum Science Hall where they used equipment and techniques
they see on TV to find out "whodunit." "We have a lot of
students who don't have an opportunity to work with some of the
modern instrumentation that’s used in biotechnol