Imagine a world where a person can fly, teleport, and interact with people around the world from the comfort of his or her living room sofa. Well, now it’s possible in a virtual world.
Marshall University has a new Second Life island – MUOnline. Second Life is the Internet’s largest, 3-D virtual world community, created by Linden Lab, a San Francisco-based company.
In Second Life, participants (called residents) can socialize and build homes, businesses, and entire islands for fun and recreation, as well as for business and educational purposes.
“Several higher education …

The Marshall University Forensic Science Graduate Program is ranked number one in the country for its students receiving the highest overall test scores on a national assessment test.
Five Marshall graduate students earned the Forensic Science Program highest honors on the Forensic Science Assessment Test, a qualifying test offered each year by the American Board of Criminalistics. One of Marshall’s students ranked second in overall test results among students from nine other forensic science programs.
Dr. Terry W. Fenger, director of the program, said the test is useful for assessing the program’s …