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....
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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...
Media Mention: Tips about violent threats to schools are up in Philly. Experts say that might be a good thing.
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...
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...