Another deadly shooting has torn apart another American community. In Shreveport, Louisiana, a man shot and killed eight children and left two other adults gravely wounded. The killer was reportedly...
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Media Mention: Family-Led Firearm Strategy Goes ‘Beyond the Screen’ to Curb Suicide Risk
A family-centered approach to firearm safety can change how guns are kept in homes and may offer a new path to reducing suicide risk. A new University of Michigan study, published in Injury...
Media Mention: What happens when schools restrict phones? U-M Youth Policy Lab convenes national conference as new studies get underway
On April 10, the University of Michigan's Youth Policy Lab (YPL) convened a National School Cell Phone Policy Conference, inviting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from Michigan and...
Media Mention: Genesee County Land Bank kicks off Clean & Green program for 2026
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The Genesee County Land Bank Authority is launching the 22nd year of its Clean & Green program, which engages community groups to combat blight across Flint. The program...
We collected data on how 779 Michigan school districts are regulating student cellphones − here are the trends
What is the best way to handle cellphones in schools? That’s a question Michigan educators are grappling with this spring after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a ban on smartphone use in...
Media Mention: When Parents Pay for a Child’s Violence
The father of a school shooter was convicted of murder. What is lost and gained by the new precedent? Dr. Justin Heinze speaks with Christianity Today about youth violence prevention and how new...
Media Mention: How to cover the link between housing access and gun violence
Housing access and risk of gun violence are closely connected. Among the studies showing the connection is a recent analysis from the University of Chicago, which found a link between evictions and...
Summary for Patients: Multisite External Validation of a Clinical Screening Tool for Interpersonal Firearm Violence Risk
What is the problem and what is known about it so far? Young adults seen in the emergency department are at increased risk for firearm violence, either as victim or shooter. However, there is no...
Michigan firearm injury data now available in near-real-time
A key barrier to addressing firearm injury in the United States is the lack of timely data. Through a new and nearly real-time system developed at the University of Michigan, injury prevention...
Media Mention: Detailed data on Michigan’s red flag law gun seizure cases gets sparse
Lansing — A change in the way court systems are reporting Extreme Risk Protection Order data makes it difficult to assess what specific circumstances across the state are triggering the confiscation...
Media Mention: New England students utilize Sandy Hook Promise tools for safety
One day before prom, in an advanced placement government classroom at Oakdale High School southeast of Frederick, Maryland, a group of students gathered to film the school’s morning announcement....
Media Mention: Preventing tragedy: How communities can use extreme risk protection orders to save lives
Protecting every member of Michigan Technological University’s community is top of mind for Reid DeVoge, deputy chief of Public Safety and Police Services. So last year, following the loss of a...