<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/megan-macneil.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>11/13/2025</pubDate><title>Honors Research Earns Forensic Sciences Alum National Recognition</title><description>Megan Macneil ’25, ’26 M.S. built on her honors thesis to earn top honors at the International Association for Identification Conference for her fingerprint degradation research.</description><hide-description/><author>Megan Macneil ’25, ’26 M.S.</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>November 13, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/lee-college/news/2025/megan-macneil-1.jpg" alt="Megan Macneil ’25, ’26 M.S."/></image><image-caption>Megan Macneil ’25, ’26 M.S.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-lee-college</tag><tag>initiative-honors-program</tag><tag>name-josep-de-alcaraz-fossoul</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-forensic-science</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>