10/20/2026
Today our president Dr. April Maxwell-Henley had the opportunity to witness our Governor Mikie Sherrill as she announced the Technology Partnership, the awarding of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Social Media Research Center.
Background: In August, Governor Sherrill signed a three-bill package that established new online protections for New Jersey children and created mechanisms to hold Big Tech accountable for the harmful effects social media has on our youth. One of those bills called for the establishment of a Social Media Research Center at one of New Jerseyβs four-year institutions tasked with studying the impact of social media on young people and leveraging its research to support evidence-based protections for New Jersey youth.