Top Stories

• Television station WESH and MSN featured the late Christine Horner Biernacki, a Stetson biology and nutrition professor, and son Eric Biernacki in the Jan. 6 broadcast segment and online story “Orlando man will send mother’s remains to deep space aboard Vulcan rocket.” “She was in the hospital one day, I came in, and she said, ‘If I don’t make it, I want you to send my ashes to space,’” Eric Biernacki said. “Every time I look up into the sky, it’s going to have an even deeper meaning for me knowing that she’s up there.”

Fox 35 Orlando, Yahoo! News, WOGX Fox 51 News, The Messenger and other media outlets also reported the story. The website celstis.com featured Christine Horner Biernacki’s obituary on its Memorial Spaceflights page. (More about Christine Horner Biernacki story can be found here.)

• Inside Higher Ed quoted Peter Lake, professor of Law and director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy, in the Jan. 11 story “House Investigations of Harvard, Others Mark a ‘Watershed Moment.’”

“This moment is truly a watershed moment, as Congress has successfully asserted the power to oust senior leaders at any institution and force governance reform,” Lake said. “The success of this political maneuver may embolden Congress to continue down this path; state legislatures may follow. This feels like the beginning of something, not the end.”

• WTVT FOX 13 News quoted Law professor James Fox and featured alumna and Florida State Attorney General Ashley Moody in the Jan. 5 broadcast segment “Abortion Rights Lands a Spot on November Ballot.”

• Chicago radio station AM 560 The Answer cited, in a Jan. 4 broadcast, research by Christopher Ferguson, PhD, professor of Psychology, and Sven Smith, PhD, associate professor of Sociology, on perceptions of racism in the criminal justice system. WSB-AM radio also cited their research in a Jan. 5 broadcast.

American Experiment featured Ferguson and Smith and their research in the Jan. 5 story “Refuting the narrative of a ‘systemically racist’ criminal justice system.” Us Message Board reported on the research in the Jan. 5 post “No, minorities don’t receive harsher penalties for crime, but left wing academics still lied about it.” The Manhattan Institute, Hot Air and other media also reported the story.

• WFTS ABC Action News quoted in a Dec. 20 broadcast segment about former Pres. Trump’s removal from Colorado’s primary. Non-commercial community radio station WMNF interviewed Law professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy about current political and election matters in a Jan. 3 broadcast segment.

• The Jacksonville Free Press quoted Law professor Judith Scully in the Jan. 4 story “Navigating the challenges of re-entering society.”

• The West Volusia Beacon on Jan. 9 published “Guest Commentary: We need a feasibility study on annexing Spring Hill” by Kevin Winchell, director of Community Engagement at Stetson.

• WFTS Tampa Bay quoted Law alumnus and Florida State Representative Berny Jacques in the  Jan. 5 broadcast segment and online story “Proposed Florida bill would offer courtroom advocates in animal abuse cases.”

Other Stories

• The Tampa Bay Times and Yahoo! News cited Stetson Law in the Jan. 10 story “40 ways the Tampa Bay area will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.”

• The Venice Gondolier, the Charlotte Sun, the Arcadian, Newsbreak and other media outlets cited Stetson in the Jan. 5 story “American Association of University Women group awards top $7K.”

• Positively Osceola cited Stetson’s Education Leadership Program in the Jan. 7 story “Early Voting Continues in Florida House District 35 Special Election Between Erika Booth and Tom Keene.”

• HappeningNext featured Stetson in the Jan. 7 post “Historic Walking Tour.”

• John Tanner’s Barbecue Blog cited Stetson in the Jan. 7 post “Santorini Greek Cuisine, DeLand, Florida.”

• The West Volusia Beacon’s Jan. 13-20 calendar cited a faculty recital featuring Aaron Witek, DM, assistant professor of Music/Trumpet and coordinator of Brass; and Boyd Jones, D.MA, university organist and John E. and Aliese Price Professor of Organ. The calendar also referenced Stetson in items on a guest recital by violinist Linda Wang, and the upcoming Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gala and Awards Banquet.

• Mountain Times cited James Pearson, former director of the Hand Art Center, in the Jan. 9 story “BRAHM provides ‘cultural enrichment to the High Country.’”

• Law360 Tax Authority quoted Law professor Andrew Appleby in the Jan. 10 story “4th Circ. Allows Md. Digital Ad Tax Fight to Continue.”

• Fox 13 Tampa Bay quoted Law professor Louis Virelli in the Jan. 11 broadcast segment “Will Andrew Warren return to office? Ousted Hillsborough state attorney scores win in fight to get reinstated.”

Alumni

• The Wayne Daily News featured alumnus Michael Genslinger in the Jan. 4 story “WSC Music Educator To Perform Faculty Trumpet Recital.”

• The Bradenton Times cited alumna Elizabeth Jane Dye in the Jan. 7 story “Sunday Favorites: The First DeSoto Pageant.”

• The Southeast Texas Record featured law alumna Diana N. Evans in the Jan. 8 story “Bradley Elevates 13 Attorneys to Partner or Counsel.”

• WorkCompCentral and gilsondaub.com cited Law alumna Christine Nixon-Calamari in the Jan. 11 story “Defense Firm Gilson Daub Opens Fort Lauderdale Office.”

• Qmunicate profiled alumna and television personality Britt McHenry in the Jan. 10 post “Britt McHenry Single.”