The following Stetson University stories were featured this week in the news, Feb. 13-19, 2015:

• Dr. John Schorr, retired sociologist and professor emeritus, who has studied and written about civil liberties, was quoted in the article, ‘Trib poll: Most support sending troops, using torture to fight terror’ in Pittsburgh News/TribLive, Feb. 15.

• ‘Daytona Beach art collection valued at $100 million, includes renowned painters,’ Daytona Beach News-Journal, Feb. 13, features Stetson Trustees Cici and Hyatt Brown, who donated much of their personal art collection to the Museum of Art in Daytona Beach. The official opening of the newly renovated museum, bearing their names, was held Feb. 8. Gary Libby, alum, author, former Stetson trustee and assistant art history professor, was quoted throughout article.

• ‘Columbine resurfaces: on site linked to dead suspect,’ features research of Dr. Chris Ferguson, behavioral psychologist at Stetson, reported in The Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, Feb. 17, by Canadian Press.

• Professor of Law Peter Lake spoke with the Chicago Tribune for the Feb. 12 article, “Off to College With Mental Illness: How to Prepare.” The article ran in multiple outlets. Professor Lake also spoke with The Chronicle of Higher Education for the Feb. 13 article, “Should Colleges Report Suicidal Students to Their Parents? A Bill in Virginia Would Require It.”

• Professor of Law Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote the article, “Dark Money Could Get Even Darker” for the Feb. 10 Brennan Center for Justice. Professor Torres-Spelliscy’s article in the Brennan Center for Justice was also cited in the SCOTUSblog Thursday round-up.

• Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob and Adjunct Professor Richard Harrison were both quoted in The Verge Feb. 10 article, “Jeb Bush dumps emails including social security numbers of Florida residents online.”

• ProfNet top expert profiles for media this week posted Feb. 17 include Law Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz.

• The Suwannee Democrat Feb. 16 reports that Law student Dena Daniels co-authored an article that was recently published in Bloomberg.

• The Creative Loafing Feb. 12-18 edition profiles Law student Hahn Nguyen for her fashion blog. Nguyen’s blog has been featured in the New York Times, Lucky magazine and the Tampa Bay Times in addition to Creative Loafing.

• News of Stetson’s J.D./M.B.A. program achieving top results in the GLO-BUS competition has run nationally Feb. 18 via PRWeb in multiple outlets.

• PRWeb posted a press release Feb. 11 in multiple national media outlets about the Inclusion Summit hosted by Stetson College of Law.

• The Feb. 17 Faculty Lounge reports that Stetson is hosting Inequality in the Workplace: Stetson Law Review Symposium in March.

• Willamette Week, in its  Jan. 28“Prison Blues—And Grays” article, mentions a study from the 2014 Stetson Law Review, finding that by 2030 one-third of U.S. prisoners will be at least 50 years old.

• ‘OUR VIEW: State should help county in eliminating septic tanks,’ Daytona Beach News Journal Feb. 15. Stetson University’s research on the high bacteria issues was featured.
• ‘Ormond museum exhibits father-son works’ – a feature on the art of Fred Messersmith, former art professor, and Harry Messersmith, alumnus and former fine art and sculpture instructor at Stetson, both named “explorers of art” in Daytona Beach News-Journal, Feb. 13, 2015.

• ‘Stetson University buys DeLand commercial building’ in Daytona Beach News-Journal, Feb. 12. (former Stepp Office Supply)

• The Stetson University Concert Choir, under the direction of Timothy Peter, will perform March 5 in Royal Poinciana Chapel, reported in Palm Beach Daily News, Feb. 12.

• ‘Freebie Friday: Events, Exhibits and other free stuff to do this week:’ Hand Art Center, “Just Plain Folk,” and Oscar Bluemner’s  Europe: The Mediterranean” Feb. 28, Orlando Sentinel.

Alumni in the news

• ‘From Vomit Comet to CubeSat, Professor Looks for Origin of Solar System’ – a feature on UCF physics professor Joshua Colwell, Stetson alumnus, awarded a NASA grant to study early planet formation aboard a satellite in low-Earth orbit for at least one year, reported in UCFToday.

• On Feb. 16, the Herald Tribune reported that Maglio Christopher & Toale PA has hired Law alumna Christina Unkel.

• On Feb. 15, Palm Beach Daily News reports that Law alumnus Matthew N. Turko has joined the Haile Shaw & Pfaffenberger firm.

• On Feb. 12, Virtual-Strategy.com posted a press release stating Law alumnus Murray B. Silverstein was elevated to a shareholder position with Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

• On Feb. 11, Jacksonville.com reported that Law alumnus Michael Mullin was approved as the next Nassau County attorney.