Top News:

ˆ• Asal Mohamadi Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of Public Health, was interviewed April 2 on WMFE 90.7 FM in the story, More Testing Needed: Stetson University Epidemiologist. The U.S. missed a critical opportunity to slow the spread of COVID-19 by not starting widespread testing sooner, she said. “You would have all these asymptomatic cases that will go undetected, and they will go to their communities. And these people themselves didn’t know that they had the disease or they were spreading it. This is actually how this virus went: spread out silently for a while, and we basically just lost track of it.”

• News that a Stetson University student tested positive for coronavirus was reported by The Daytona Beach News Journal on March 31 in Coronavirus: Stetson student tests positive, and by other media outlets, such as WESH-TV Channel 2 in Stetson student tests positive for coronavirus, remains hospitalized. Stetson was also mentioned in the Daytona Beach News-Journal article on March 31, Coronavirus Tuesday Update: 6,741 Florida cases, Stetson student tests positive, local virus timeline and more.

• Professor of Law Louis J. Virelli III was quoted March 30 by the CBS-affiliate WTSP in Pastor arrested, accused of violating ‘safer-at-home’ order by holding Sunday services. The story about the arrest of the Hillsborough County pastor also was carried by the Associated Press, WLTX, KDSX and other news outlets.

• Asal Mohamadi Johnson, assistant professor of Public Health, was also quoted April 1 by MDLinx in the article, Ethical challenges physicians will face in fighting COVID-19.

• Janie Graziani, assistant vice president for Marketing Communications was interviewed for the April 1 article in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Coronavirus ‘Safer-at-Home’ order could result in closing of Volusia’s beaches.

• Assistant Professor of Law Andrew Appleby was quoted by Law360.com in the March 27 article Sales Tax Reliance Makes Fla. Vulnerable To COVID-19 Fallout.

Other News:

• Valrie Chambers, PhD, associate professor of Accounting, contributed to The Tax Advisor articles, Regulations supersede the common law mailbox rule and IRS penalty relief available when approvals not timely.

• Jon Carrick, PhD, associate professor of Management, was quoted by Forkast.News in FATF’s travel rule could make cryptocurrencies more mainstream.

• Law Professor Peter F. Lake, also the Charles A. Dana Chair and director of Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy, was quoted April 2 in the Inside Higher Ed article, What the Therapist Knows. The comments were also picked up by LexBlog and Simple Justice, a criminal defense blog. 

• Head Baseball Coach Steve Trimper was quoted by the Daytona Beach News-Journal on March 31 in NCAA grants extra year for spring athletes, but questions still remain.

• Stetson Head Basketball Coach Donnie Jones was interviewed by Spectrum News 13 on April 1 in Stetson basketball overcoming adversity and on April 2 in Innovative Coaching.

• Joe Mercandante, recruiting coordinator for Stetson baseball, was quoted March 30 by Sun Newspapers in Without games, how do athletes get recruited?

• Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the following blogs for the Elder Law Prof Blog: March 27, Elders Struggle In Isolation Without Community Gathering Points; March 29, US Has More Elders Living Alone; and April 1, In Memory of Lori Stiegel.

Alumni News:

• Alumnus Kenneth C. Lasseter received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who, as reported by a press report on April 2.

• Alumnus Richard L. Lynch Joined Marine Bank’s Board of Directors, according to a March 30 Space Coast Business post.

• Law Alumna Helayne Levy Payne was named to the Super Lawyers Best Lawyers in America list for Elder Law, according to an April 3 announcement.