More than 44,000 lives are lost to firearm injuries in the United States each year, and since 2020, firearm injuries have been the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens. Working in...
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Media Mention: What to Know About Anonymous School Tip Lines
Sarah Stilwell from University of Michigan's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention joins The Last Show with David Cooper to describe how anonymous school tip lines reveal patterns in threats...
Anonymous school tip lines reveal patterns in threats, mental health concerns among youth, study finds
Anonymous school safety tip lines are providing critical insights into when young people report threats of violence and mental health concerns, according to a new study. Led by researchers at the...
A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Interventions and Violence Prevention in K-12 Schools in the United States
Scott, B. A., Stilwell, S. M., Murphy, H., Lee, E., Schliebe, M., & Pearson, Z. V. (2026). A scoping review of trauma-informed interventions and violence prevention in K–12 schools in the United...
Media Mention: What Will It Take to Prevent School Shootings?
Metal detectors, bulletproof chalkboards, pepper-ball-spraying drones — in our desperation to protect children, we’re turning our schools into fortresses. Columbia researchers are now leading a...
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...
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: 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....
Podcast: School Shootings Start Long Before the Gun — Here’s How to Stop Them
In this episode of Stop the Killing, Katherine Schweit is joined by leading researchers from the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the National Center for School...
Media Mention: How Often Do Kids Bring Guns to School? Here’s What We Know
Despite the lack of quality information, available data and research offer clues about why some students bring guns to school, and why school officials have struggled to respond. For many students,...
Expert Advisory: Michigan governor signs classroom cell phone ban: U-M experts available to comment
University of Michigan experts are available to discuss a new policy that will ban cell phone use in Michigan’s K-12 classrooms. Elyse Thulin is an assistant research professor of health behavior...