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Prevent 2 Protect: Preventing Adolescent Acts of Violence Through Community Collaboration

April 4, 2024 - News

In 2018, Aaron Stark stood on stage in Boulder, Colorado, and began his Ted Talk by uttering the words, “I was almost a school shooter.” Stark, a high school student in 1996, admitted through tear-streaked eyes and a quivering voice that...

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Inaugural Remembrance Conference addresses gun violence

February 20, 2024 - News

In March of 2023 dean Aron Sousa attended a conference with the Association of American Medical Colleges. Just weeks after the violence on MSU’s campus, Sousa found himself at a session on gun violence. Presenters from Northwell Health were sharing their work to address gun...

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Mental health experts note intense emotions surround one-year mark of MSU shooting

February 13, 2024 - News

The Michigan State University community may be feeling a range of emotions as the one-year mark of an on-campus shooting approaches. Whether you're experiencing stress, anxiety, lingering trauma or just feeling unsettled, mental health experts say you're not alone. "At the anniversary time,...

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MSU project aims to prevent youth target violence

February 11, 2024 - News

The idea behind the project is to identify those individuals in the K-12 school system that have been deemed at risk of committing an act of violence. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michigan State University is at the forefront of an initiative aimed...

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The year in review: MSU experts and top headlines

December 20, 2023 - News

Acts of mass violence Gun violence and mass shootings continued to plague the U.S., with 632 documented in 2023 so far, including one on our very own campus on Feb. 13. In the wake of the violence our campus experienced, several MSU faculty...

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MSU Health Care Hosts Senator

November 9, 2023 - News

Senator Debbie Stabenow Visits Pediatric Clinic as Part of Expanded Mental Health Services for Children in Michigan EAST LANSING – MSU Health Care Pediatrics Lansing welcomed Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow on September 25, 2023, to understand the impact the Michigan Clinical Consultation & Care...

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Michigan launches 5-year pilot to stem targeted school violence

October 4, 2023 - News

In March of 2018, the rural community of Paw Paw west of Kalamazoo was shaken by terrifying news of tragedy narrowly averted: a 15-year-old student had been arrested just hours before he planned to commit a mass shooting at the local...

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Community violence prevention is a priority in this year’s state budget

September 28, 2023 - News

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has allocated $12.6 million toward grant funding for local organizations dedicated to preventing community violence. The funding is intended to improve community safety throughout the state of Michigan.  The department’s funding comes from Community Violence...

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Shots heard across the nation: Taking steps to avert mass shootings in our schools

September 20, 2023 - News

Associate Professor Miko Rose, DO, recounts being in East Lansing during and after the Michigan State University mass shooting. She also discusses steps we can all take to prevent future violence. I lay drenched in sweat on the yoga mat, blinking up...

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Preventing Mass Attacks, Saving Lives

June 7, 2023 - News

Prevent 2 Protect: The Adolescent Targeted Violence Prevention Project is something that has been years in the making to answer a question that has been asked for years as well. “And the question was, 'How do we stop attacks from happening in...

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An Approach to School Violence and Prevention

May 29, 2023 - News

In February 2023, Michigan State University was the site of a mass shooting resulting in the loss of three lives. At the 2023 Mackinac Policy Conference, Michigan State University and additional stakeholders shared details about the Prevent 2 Protect project, an...

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Prevent 2 Protect project launches, aims to prevent mass violence by addressing mental health

May 18, 2023 - News

Can providing mental health and community resources to high-risk adolescents prevent mass violence? Can this holistic model be replicated in other communities? A team of school safety experts from Michigan State University's Department of Psychiatry and Safe and Sound Schools, a national nonprofit school...

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