The Michigan Legislature passed a 2024-25 general fund and education omnibus budget June 27, allocating a modest increase for the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus’ operations and significant...
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Media Mention: How to store guns safely to prevent unintentional shootings
A person is killed or injured almost every day in the U.S. because a child has unintentionally fired a gun, according to reports from 2015 to 2022 compiled by Everytown, an advocacy group for...
U-M faculty member participates in White House roundtable discussions around the impact of firearm violence among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities
This summer, Institute faculty member Hsing-Fang Hsieh was invited to participate in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Gun Violence Prevention Roundtable hosted by...
Surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis: U-M experts available
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared firearm violence a public health crisis, saying it’s time to deploy approaches similar to lifesaving anti-smoking and traffic safety campaigns to...
Supreme Court to decide if domestic abusers can own guns
EXPERT ADVISORY The University of Michigan’s April Zeoli, one of the nation’s leading researchers on firearms and domestic violence, can discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s impending decision on United...
Media Mention: Southfield congregants take saws to guns in new buyback program
St. David's Episcopal Church announced its plan to partner with law enforcement and the anti-gun organization End Gun Violence Michigan to launch a series of six gun buyback events in churches...
Media Mention: Tip Lines Can Lower Violence Exposure in Schools
The most visible school security measures — police officers, cameras, metal detectors — have dominated research and public debate on school safety for decades. School administrators looking for the...
What parents in Michigan – and everywhere – should know about secure gun storage after the Crumbley convictions
Drs. April Zeoli and Justin Heinze join Dr. Frank E. Vandervort in this editorial, published in The Conversation, that speaks about the evidence base behind safe storage policies and other firearm...
Media Mention: Opinion: Youth gun offenses up 200% in Buncombe; gun violence is public health problem
According to the N.C. Department of Public Safety, firearms are the leading cause of injury-related death of children and young people in North Carolina. Last year, Gov. Roy Cooper announced...
Media Mention: Sufficiently Analogous Episode Two: U.S. v Rahimi and the future of Domestic Violence Protective Order Firearm Prohibitions
The Center’s director of law and policy, Kelly Roskam, JD, and law and policy advisor, Tim Carey, JD discuss U.S. v Rahimi. The upcoming decision from the Supreme Court could decide if those subject...
Podcast: How Greening Initiatives Can Help Promote Peace
In the latest episode of the XCEPT Breaking Cycles of Violence miniseries, Dr Omar Mohammed and Dr Marc Zimmerman, interviewed by Dr Nafees Hamid (King’s College London), discuss how greening and...
Media Mention: Teachers worry about getting hurt on the job when they intervene in student fights
Dr. Justin Heinze speaks with NPR about school violence and how teachers are impacted. Listen to the conversation