1. RUFSI PROVIDES UNIQUE AND ADVANCED INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN FORENSIC SCIENCES (INCLUDING ANTHROPOLOGY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND OTHERS WITH FORENSIC APPLICATIONS) WITH THE GOAL OF ENABLING STUDENTS TO PURSUE EMPLOYMENT OR FURTHER GRADUATE STUDY IN FORENSIC SCIENCES;

2. RUFSI ESTABLISHES A SETTING FOR OUTSTANDING INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND SKELETAL BIOLOGY BOTH WITHIN RU AND NATIONALLY;

3. RUFSI PROVIDES REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH BY OFFERING UNIQUE INTERDISCIPLINARY FORENSIC EXPERTISE IN THE SEARCH, RECOVERY, AND ANALYSIS PHASES OF INVESTIGATIONS OF PREHISTORIC, HISTORIC, AND MODERN HUMAN REMAINS AS WELL AS OTHER APPLIED SKILLS OF RUFSI FACULTY AND STAFF.