For a woman whose business is death and dying, mortuary science professor Jody LaCourt has a surprisingly sunny disposition. LaCourt, a University alumna, teaches restorative art and embalming theory ...

A Senate bill headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk would close a loophole in current law that technically prohibits mortuary science students in Michigan from practicing embalming - a requirement ...

San Antonio College soon will expand its mortuary science department into a new building and is hiring faculty, even as some fear the long-respected 62-year-old program is in disarray. Two popular ...

Morticians (also called funeral directors) work with more than dead bodies. They mediate ceremonies of death from floral arrangements to corpse preservation. Their toughest job: explaining to grieving ...

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A young woman in a hoodie is hunched over her laptop, brow furrowed. To her right, a fellow student flips through a binder, carefully marking out sections in yellow ...