Bellarmine University announced that its summer enrollment surged by 25% compared to last year, marking a massive win for the Louisville institution. But beyond the classroom enrollment spikes, the university is also finding itself in the national spotlight due to some high-stakes investigative work happening within its faculty.
On a recent episode of the hit podcast Crime Junkie, host Ashley Flowers detailed how Bellarmine University professor Lee Remington has become a central figure in the renewed push for justice in the 1965 murder of Alberta O. Jones, Louisville’s first Black female prosecutor. Flowers explained that the civil rights pioneer's cold case "is getting renewed attention now, thanks to a professor at Bellarmine University in Louisville named Lee Remington," who has spent years digging into the archives.
According to Flowers, Remington's research has uncovered compelling new angles that could finally break the decades-old case wide open. Remington "expects to lay out more evidence, like a potential money trail leading back to Alberta's killer when she publishes" her upcoming book on Jones's life and legacy. While there is no official publication date yet, the university's academic rigor is already driving real-world legal interest, proving that Bellarmine's influence extends far beyond its Kentucky campus.