Stetson University In the News, June 19-25, 2015

 

The following stories about Stetson University ran in the news this week, June 19-25, 2015:

•Reuters, Final Cut Pro, com, DebatingEurope.eu (video) featured Stetson’s news release, “Digital Poison? Stetson University Researcher <Associate Professor of Psychology Chris Ferguson> Finds Violent Video Games Have Minimal Influence on Youth: Focus on gaming distracts from pinpointing root causes of societal violence,” June 24, in the wake of the tragic shooting in a Charleston, S.C. church. This feature ran in 313 news media outlets on June 25, alone, including YahooNews, News-Medical.net, ITbriefing.net, The Business Journals, American Public Media, BioSpace.com, SunNews, Whistleblower.com, Indianapolis Business Journal, MoneyShow, Green Technology Magazine, FilmIMAGING, DVD Creation, Digital Game Developer, MacDesignPro, Gnomes, iphone.tmcnet.com, Virtual Strategy Magazine, Bloomberg News, TheStreet, Spoke, BioPortfolio, ConsumerElectronics.net, Animation Artist, and countless others.

•”Harry Potter and the Measures of Personality,” featuring the research of Psychology Assistant Professor Laura Crysel, was featured in HuffingtonPost.com on June 23, EntertainmentWeekly.com on June 24, Uncova, The Leaky-Cauldron.org, NationalPost.com, Idaho State Journal, and countless other news media outlets.

•Stetson’s Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Jason Evans was one of the experts featured in the June 19 article, “In ‘Climate Change’ Controversy, A Tale of Two Agencies,” in the wusf.usf.edu, report by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting (FCIR).

•Associate Dean and Professor of Law Michael Allen spoke with Bloomberg Law for the radio program on high profile Supreme Court cases that aired June 23. The program features prominent attorneys and legal scholars, analyzing major legal issues and cases in the news.

•Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob is quoted in the History News Networkstory, “The Man Who Lost the Gideon Case: An Interview with Bruce R. Jacob.”

•Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is included among the June 23 Campaign Finance Election Morning Reads on Moyers & company.

•On June 18, Daytona Times featured a comment from Stetson Associate Professor of Education Rajni Shankar-Brown about the First Annual Educational Justice Conference sponsored by Bethune-Cookman University, July 12-14. Shankar-Brown will be the keynote speaker at the event.

•The Tampa Bay Times reported that Stetson University College of Law’s communications team in Gulfport has been honored with multiple Hermes Creative Awards for its video features spotlighting students and alumni.

•The Tampa Tribune reported that Carlton Fields welcomed Stetson student Darnesha Carter as a summer associate in Tampa.

•Law Professor Tim Kaye spoke with The Ledger about a case involving an Alabama boy who died after having an allergic reaction to a cookie bought at Publix.

Masslive mentioned Honorary Stetson Law graduate Greta Van Susteren in an article regarding the qualifications of Fox female news reporters.

•On June 18, The Daytona Beach News-Journal ran the promotion of the outside movie screening of “Under African Skies” in the Stetson Green as one of many activities offered during Juneteenth Celebration Weekend.

•On June 22, com reported that Stetson voice professor Jamison Walker will be a guest vocalist at a concert on June 30 in Astoria Park’s Great Lawn.

•Brent Fulton, with Medical Exercise Associates at Green Acres, in Daytona Beach, was featured in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, June 24. Dr. Fulton works with Stetson’s football program.

•On June 18, Ernest Sewell’s blog mentioned Stetson’s Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Michael Denner in an article on Tolstoy.

•On June 22, The West Volusia Beacon mentioned Stetson’s LGBT programs when discussing a Gay Pride Forum that will occur on June 27.

•News of prospective students/recent high school graduates who plan to attend Stetson in the fall, was reported on June 22, in Agrinews and on June 23, in com.

Alumni in the News:

•Before its news reported that Stetson Law alumnus Chris Riggio will be heading Chartwell Law Offices, LLP expansion office in Jupiter, which will handle cases from Vero Beach to Miami along Florida’s eastern coast.

•On June 17, Shelf Addiction featured a book review of the book, “Midnight Hunter” written by Stetson alum Kait Ballenger.

•Stetson Law alumna Lorena Hart Ludovici was recognized in Florida Trend Magazine’s “Florida’s Legal Elite”, and in the “Best Lawyers in America” publication, and as a “Super Lawyer” by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, and also Top 50 Woman Super Lawyers in Florida.

•Stetson Law alumnus Blake Gaylord was selected as a Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite, “Up and Comer”, and as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star”

•The work of Stetson alum Larry Hancock at Opera San Jose, was featured on June 17, in The Reporter News, and San Jose Mercury News.

•On June 20 The Daytona Beach News-Journal featured Stetson 1977 finance alum Bob Kellar in article featuring the Kellars’ real estate brokerages.