The number of threats to Philadelphia schools reported via a state-run anonymous tip line has more than doubled in the past two years, according to data from the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney...
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Securing schools, protecting minds: a scoping review of limited evidence for weapon carriage prevention in K-12 schools
Stilwell, S. M., Guzmán M., P., Heinze, J., & Zimmerman, M. (2025). Securing schools, protecting minds: A scoping review of limited evidence for weapon carriage prevention in K–12 schools....
Media Mention: School Shootings in the U.S. and Insights into Broader Gun Violence
Dr. Marc Zimmerman spoke with Morning Wave in Busan about firearm violence in the U.S. View the full interview
Media Mention: Expert discusses ways to help prevent school shootings
Dr. Elyse Thulin speaks with ABC news about the importance of comprehensive, evidence-based firearm violence prevention strategies, such as anonymous reporting systems. Watch the full interview to...
2026 University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
Thank you to all who joined us for our 3rd Annual Research Day on March 17, 2026! Throughout the event, attendees heard from U-M faculty and postdoctoral fellows as well as community partners about...
Evaluating the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation’s Know the Signs Program in Preventing School Violence in the Los Angeles Unified School District
Scott, B. A., Zimmerman, M. A., Heinze, J., & Hsieh, H. F. (2025). Evaluating the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation’s Know the Signs Program in Preventing School Violence in the Los Angeles Unified...
New Gun Violence Prevention Task Force report makes commonsense recommendations to reduce gun violence, save lives in Michigan
The Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, which includes community partners, state departments, medical experts, law enforcement professionals, tribal representatives and academic...
Media Mention: School matters: Resource program curbs Michigan’s high absenteeism rate
A program that puts caseworkers in schools where students struggle to regularly attend is apparently working in Michigan: The chronic absenteeism rate dropped by 8%. Chronic absenteeism, or missing...
Media Mention: Reframe adolescent firearm fatalities in public health, not politics
Since 2020, firearms have been the leading cause of death for children between ages one and 17. In 2021, about 4.6 million children lived in homes that stored guns loaded and unlocked, even though...
Media Mention: More Than a Third of Middle Schoolers Turn to Technology for Reporting Peers in Distress
More than a third of middle school students have used technology-facilitated reporting systems (TFRS) to report concerns about friends who are in distress, according to a study in the Journal of...
Media Mention: Toward a Safer World by 2040 The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms
Two University of Michigan faculty members, along with more than 40 experts, have co-authored a report on the challenges of firearm violence in the U.S. The report is based on the convening of the...
Media Mention: How Do You Prepare Kids for a Possible School Shooting Without Traumatizing Them?
Just about every student in the U.S. has rehearsed what to do if a shooter enters their school. As school shootings — and hoax reports of active shooters — have grown more frequent, so too have...