<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0k1Pkc_1GvbvwXP00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0k1Pkc_1GvbvwXP00" width="810" height="540" ><figcaption>SU forensic science professor Joelyn Cornwell died at 62 on Oct. 24, Arts and Sciences Dean Mortazavi announced Monday in a campus-wide email. Daily Orange File Photo</figcaption></figure>Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here.Syracuse University forensic science professor Joelyn Cornwell died at 62 years old on Oct. 24, College of Arts and Sciences Dean Behzad Mortazavi announced in a Monday college-wide email.Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Cornwell began working as a part-time instructor at SU in 2011 and primarily taught quality assurance and ethics in forensic science, Mortazavi wrote in the email. “She was admired by students for her patience, insight, kindness and encouragement,” Mortazavi wrote.Before coming to SU, Cornwell dedicated her career to working in crime labs across the country, including the Onondaga County Forensic Laboratories and the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.Cornwell recently served as the supervisor of a state police crime lab in Newburgh, New York, her obituary reads. Through her leadership in lab quality assurance, Mortazavi said she helped to “hold forensic science to the highest standards of accuracy and integrity.”Outside of her career in forensic science, Cornwell was a longtime piano teacher and an avid photographer. She also volunteered and made costumes for local community theater productions and was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Congregation in Lorain, her obituary reads. Due to her passion for animals, Cornwell’s family asked for donations to be made in her name to the Friendship Animal Protective League in Elyria, Ohio.Motazavi asked the SU community to keep Cornwell’s family, friends and students in mind, and encouraged those in need of support to reach out to Barnes Center at The Arch Counseling, Student Outreach and Support or Faculty and Staff Assistance Program.</div></body>

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