Top Stories:

• The story, “Stetson University Requiring Full-Time Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccination,” was posted Aug. 11 on newsdaytonabeach.com. The story also was featured on WKMG-TV, WOFL-TV, WESH 2 News on CW18 and more than a dozen other Central Florida media outlets.

• Rajni Shankar-Brown, PhD, professor and Jessie Ball duPont Endowed Chair of Social Justice Education, was interviewed Aug. 4 by Cheddar Business for the segment, “CDC Issues New Eviction Ban.” She also was quoted in the Aug. 4 story, “Last-minute eviction ban extension fuels confusion and is too late for some,” in the Seattle Times, Washington Post, USA Breaking News Online and other media outlets. She also was quoted in the Aug. 9 story, “Multifamily Investment Booms Despite Eviction Moratoriums,” in the Commercial Observer. “This is truly a massive and deeply distressing crisis, and likely to have multigenerational effects,” Shankar-Brown said in the Seattle Times story.

• Carmen Johnson, JD, was featured in the Aug. 6 story, “Stetson names diversity officer,” in the Hometown News.

* Students Marcus Boyd and Joshua Sanchez were cited in the Aug. 4 article, “Two Stetson University Students Win One Year Free Tuition,” on newsdaytonabeach.com, WOFL-TV Online and WOGX-TV Online. The story also was featured on WESH 2 News on CW18, Yahoo Finance, the Hometown News and other media outlets.

• Law Professor Louis J. Virelli III was featured in an in-depth segment on Bay News 9 discussing the amicus brief that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed supporting Mississippi’s efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade.

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was quoted in an Aug. 6 article on Salon titled, “Trump’s magic mark: Republicans reap millions in donations with the ‘pre-checked box.’ ” The article also appeared on rawstory.com, truthout.org and several other media outlets.

• Rajni Shankar-Brown, professor and Jessie Ball duPont Endowed Chair of Social Justice Education, was interviewed Aug. 6 for the television segment, “Back to school: In Florida, nearly 80,000 homeless students face unique challenges,” on Spectrum News 13.

• Lou Paris, MBA, director of the Prince Entrepreneurship Program, was featured in the Aug. 5 story, “Stetson University Professor Lou Paris Receives Ambassador of the Year Award,” on citybiz.co.

• Alumnus and actor Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch in the TV series “The Addams Family” as well as other television and film roles, was profiled in the Aug. 6 article, “The Lurch Bench: Theodore Crawford ‘Ted’ Cassidy AKA ‘Lurch,’ ” on the website of the Historical Marker Database. “If I’m up for a part, if I’m asked to do something, I really worry what I’m going to be because they always make fellows like me the big dumb galoot, the oaf who doesn’t know anything, who trips over himself,” the late Cassidy said in an interview on the site. “But I won’t do it anymore. I turn down everything that comes along like that.”

• Stetson Law student Edson Abadia Jr. was profiled in the Aug. 4 story, “Stetson Law Student Plays with Fire,” in the Gulfport Gabber.

• Law Professor Timothy Kaye was interviewed by WFLA News Channel 8 for an Aug. 9 segment titled, “Legal expert says state’s Piney Point lawsuit based on ‘incompetent’ argument.”

• Law Professor Louis J. Virelli III was interviewed for a segment on 10 Tampa Bay titled, “Judge sides with Norwegian Cruise Line in battle with Florida over proof of vaccinations.”

Other Stories:

• Law professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the following articles for the Elder Law Prof Blog:

• Aug. 6: “Penalties for SNF Deficiencies Reinstated After Roll Back”
• Aug. 11: “More News on the SNF Front”
• Aug. 12: “Why Doesn’t Medicare Cover More?”

• Former head football coach Roger Hughes, now president of Doane University, was profiled in the Aug. 11 story, “ ‘Getting better each day’: the vision of Doane’s 13th president,” in the Crete News.

• Student Faith Hannah Lea was profiled Aug. 4 in the story, “Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, is Amateur Radio Newsline 2021 Young Ham of the Year,” on arrl.org.

• The Stetson University Law Review was cited in the Aug. 9 article, “The Cool-Down of the Housing Market,” in Realty Times.

• Incoming freshman Cameron Andersen was cited in the Aug. 5 story, “Cocoa Police Recognizes Young Citizens For Completion of PAL Youth Employment Training Program,” on spacecoastdaily.com.

Alumni News:

• Alumna and former Stetson golfer Christine Fraser was profiled in the Aug. 9 story, “Breaking New Ground,” on scoregolf.com.

• Alumnus Josh Colwell, Pegasus Professor and chair of Physics at UCF, was quoted in the Aug. 10 article, “UCF Planetary Scientists Join Star-Studded MegaCon Guest List,” on ucf.edu.

• Alumna Breanna Shi was profiled Aug. 4 in the story, “Breanna Shi: Machine Learning With Biofuels and Beyond,” on the website of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and keyfactsenergy.com.

• Alumnus Zekiah N. Wright was profiled in the Aug. 8 story, “BOARDMEMBER PROFILE: Zekiah N. Wright,” on wehoville.com.

• Late alumnus Tom Reese was profiled Aug. 9 in the story, “VINTAGE ST. PETE: Tom Reese and the Beaux Arts Gallery,” on stpetecatalyst.com.

• Alumna Maria Abreu wrote the article, “To Combat Billions In Unemployment Benefit Fraud, Startup SentiLink Raises $70 Million,” on onlinemarketingscoops.com.

• Alumnus Eric Hogan was cited in the Aug. 9 “Business People” section of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

• Law alumnus Latour “LT” Lafferty has joined Gunster, according to gunster.com.

• Alumnus Sean Morres was profiled in the Aug. 11 story, “Alltrust Insurance Gains New Employee Benefits Advisor, Sean Morres,” on wrde.com, wpgxfox28.com and several other media outlets.

• Law alumna Ashley Salem has been selected as a member of the 30^th class of Leadership Blount County, according to The Daily Times.

• Carlton Fields announced the addition of Law alumnus Jeremy C. Smith as a health care attorney in the Tampa office.