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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2011
Contact:
Lynn Haggerty Wong ‘86
(302) 658-7158
[email protected]
URSULINE WELCOMES BACK DR. DEBRA PRINCE ZINNI ‘92
WILMINGTON, Del. – Ursuline Academy is proud to announce that Dr. Debra Prince Zinni ‘92 will return to speak to the
Anthropology class on Monday, December 19th at 8:00 am.
Dr. Prince Zinni has helped train Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in recovery and mapping techniques of
skeletal remains. At the request of the United Nations, she worked to analyze skeletal remains from genocide victims
from Bosnia and Kosovo. Dr. Prince Zinni has also conducted osteological analyses with military recovery teams in
Southeast Asia and was the State Forensic Anthropologist for Massachusetts while an Assistant Professor at Boston
University School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Prince Zinni is working at the Joint Prisoners of War Central (JPAC)
Identification Lab in Hawaii. At JPAC, Dr. Prince Zinni works to account for all American’s missing as a result of the
nation’s past conflicts.
“I am very happy to welcome back one of our alumnae to come and speak to the Anthropology class. I feel
honored that Dr. Prince Zinni would come to share her expertise in Forensic Anthropology with us. She is a great role
model for all of our students at Ursuline that women can enter into top fields of science and be very successful,” said Sr.
Betty McAdams, OSU, Anthropology teacher.
To learn more about Dr. Debra Prince Zinni, please contact Jennifer Norris Saienni ‘05 at [email protected].
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Ursuline Academy, based in Wilmington, Del., educates students in the 476-year tradition of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Ursula, founded in Italy
by St. Angela Merici. Ursuline Academy is the only Catholic school in Delaware offering both preschool and Montessori programs to boys and girls as
part of its Lower School curriculum. The Middle School offers a cutting edge Laptop Program. In the Upper School, 87% of the Class of 2011 was
awarded a combined total of nearly $6.3 million in academic and athletic grants and scholarships – an average award of $135,000. And 100% of the
graduating seniors pursue higher education. Ursuline Academy’s mission is the development of the whole person in a faith-centered community
built on values of academic excellence, respect, and social consciousness. The mission rests on the core values of community and family spirit,
respect, excellence in education, wholeness of personal development, and Serviam.