<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/csi-academy.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>09/11/2025</pubDate><title>Hands-On Learning Brings Forensic Science to Life During CSI Academy</title><description>High school students from across the country immersed themselves in forensic science through the University of New Haven’s CSI Academy, gaining hands-on experience in labs, lectures, and mock crime-scene investigations.</description><hide-description/><author>Caitlin Truesdale</author><author-details>Office of Marketing and Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>September 11, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/lee-college/news/2025/csi-academy-3.jpg" alt="Students practiced analyzing evidence in the forensic laboratory."/></image><image-caption>Students practiced analyzing evidence in the forensic laboratory.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-lee-college</tag><tag>dept-forensic-science</tag><tag>initiative-summer-youth</tag><tag>name-maria-torre</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-ug-forensic-science</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>