An increase in the tax on university endowments is creating financial challenges for the wealthiest U.S. colleges.

Interim Cambridge Public Schools superintendent David G. Murphy has been selected as one of four finalists in the district’s ...

A new study suggests 3 weekly servings of french fries raises type 2 diabetes risk by 20 percent, but baked, boiled, and mashed potatoes have no effect.

Ascherio said the university was able to pull together funding to pay his researchers’ salaries until next June. But he’s ...

For the first time in the Bank's history, policymakers had to vote twice on how fast to slash borrowing costs amid a ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Somergloom music fest and fun plays – “Reefer Madness ...

A free outdoor movie night Saturday celebrates the AMC Loews Harvard Square, closed now for more than a decade, while active ...

In China, wait times for U.S. visa interviews are so long that some students have given up. Universities in Hong Kong are fielding transfer inquiries from foreign students in the U.S., a ...

Sidney Street and Church Street in Cambridge face closures for Roller Skating Jam and Movie Night on August 9.

Now at supper club Lou’s, the restaurateur reflects on offal’s glory days, his namesake Cambridge restaurant, and his next ...

The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in ...

The Harvard Graduate School of Education is remembering Lecturer Jacqueline Zeller, a longtime faculty member who passed away ...