Former Harvard Economics professor Philippe M. Aghion won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his research on economic growth and innovation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Oct. 13.

Syracuse University Sociology Professor Jennifer K. Montez suggested that disparities in working-age mortality rates across ...

Construction is under way for a new economics department building supported by Penny Pritzker’s $100 million donation.

People from cultures that emphasize productive habits tend to advance. The reverse is also true.

"All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat,” said the Logician in Eugene Ionesco’s play Rhinoceros. It was ...

This video captures a hilarious social experiment where someone interrupts a real Harvard lecture with absurd and funny questions, leading to priceless reactions from students and professors alike.

Joseph Henrich, a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University, whose research and writings span anthropology, biology, and economics, has followed an unconventional academic and ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth” including the key principle of creative ...

Economists have long treated globalisation as a trade-off between openness and national autonomy. In 1933 John Maynard Keynes ...

Harvard University hired a drag performer as a new professor — who is expected to teach a class on TV show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in the spring semester, the Ivy League school announced over the summer.

The performer's work has become a staple in the world of academia — and "The Life of a Showgirl" is giving professors and ...