Monika L. S. Robbins

David L. Howell, currently a professor of Japanese Studies at Princeton University, will join the East Languages and Civilizations Department in July.

As a freshman, Christine K.L. Bendorf ’10 aspired to become an economist. But after taking the first semester of Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics,” she realized she did not enjoy the field. Acknowledging “the error of her ways,” she dropped the course.

Last week, eight Harvard professors and one senior lecturer were elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their original research.

People of all sexual orientations who have ever had a same-sex sexual partner are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say.

Dozens of couples were supposed to make out in Winthrop Park this past Saturday afternoon—not in random acts of passion, ...

Rosanne Cash, daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash, visited Kirkland House to discuss "Walk the Line," her music, and her new memoir.

Housing Day Eve and its rituals came a day early this year for a few enthusiastic freshmen afraid of incurring the wrath of both the River Gods and the College administration, which had warned the Class of 2013 the police would be monitoring unsafe activity along the river Wednesday night.

The anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen may act as a neuroprotective agent against the risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.