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U-M’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention received $11.2M in federal funding to expand research efforts, with School of Public Health researchers among the recipients.
U-M researchers are studying how schools across Michigan and the country are navigating student cell phone use and what policies can support learning while considering students’ safety and well being.
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In this story for The Conversation, U-M researchers analyzed cellphone policies in 779 Michigan school districts ahead of the state's new school smartphone law, showing how approaches vary and what may help students.