New Jersey’s minimum wage is set to increase on Jan. 1, 2026, rising from $15.49 to $15.92 per hour for most workers. According to an October press release from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the statewide rate will increase by $0.43 based on inflation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
The Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) and the Center for the Arts at Monmouth University hosted a screening of Between Two Worlds (2021) on Thursday, Nov. 13, in Pozycki Auditorium as part of the ongoing Pearson World Cinema Series. The event featured a post-screening discussion led by Dr. Manuel Chávez, Director of the Philosophy and […]
Democrat Mikie Sherrill won New Jersey’s 2025 governor’s race on Nov. 4, securing a double-digit lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli as votes were counted statewide. According to NJ Spotlight News, the Associated Press called the race shortly after 9 p.m., making Sherrill the state’s second woman elected governor. Reported from New Jersey Globe, New Jersey […]
Crews have been seen tearing down a portion of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the first significant structural change to the executive mansion in nearly eight decades. Announced in July, the project was initially expected to cost roughly $200 million, with a more realistic estimate of $300 […]
In mid-October of 2025, Politico published roughly 2,900 pages of messages from a private Telegram chat called “RESTORE YR WAR ROOM.” The chat, created in January by Peter Giunta, former chair of the New York State Young Republicans, aimed to rally support for his bid to lead the national Young Republicans federation. Over several months, […]
The Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) and the Center for the Arts at Monmouth University held a screening of Leviathan (2014) on Thursday, Oct. 23, in Young Auditorium, Bey Hall, as part of the Pearson World Cinema Series. Thomas Pearson, Ph.D. and professor emeritus of history and Jason Adolf, Ph.D. and endowed associate professor of […]
Jane Goodall, a British pioneer in primatology whose ground breaking research on chimpanzees profoundly reshaped our understanding of human and animal behavior, died on Oct. 1, 2025, at the age of 91, while on a speaking tour in California, according to The Jane Goodall Institute. Her death marked the end of an era in conservation […]
This Friday, Oct. 24, the Department of Communication will host a special 20th anniversary screening of Shadows of Shadow Lawn. This documentary explores alleged hauntings in some of Monmouth University’s most iconic buildings, including the Great Hall, Woods Theatre, and Guggenheim Memorial Library. Produced by Monmouth alumni Tom Hanley and Patrick Perotto in 2005, the […]
On Oct. 8, as part of Monmouth University’s Constitution Day celebrations, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted author and retired appellate prosecutor Lisa Sarnoff Gochman in Pozycki Hall Auditorium. This event, the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, was the first of its kind since before […]
As of Wednesday, Oct. 1, the federal government officially entered a shutdown after Congress failed to pass a temporary spending bill before the Sept. 30 deadline. The clash centered on healthcare subsidies and spending levels, which have forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay and brought many government functions to a […]