A bomb blast in Oslo and a shooting spree at a summer camp left Norwegians in shock.

Alan M. Garber ’76, a Stanford professor of medicine and economics, has been selected as the next University Provost, replacing Steven E. Hyman.

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be formally recognized by Harvard tomorrow after a 40-year hiatus from campus.

Reverend Peter J. Gomes died Monday evening after suffering a brain aneurysm and heart attack. He was 68.

Shakira has been named the 2011 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation of Harvard University, according to a press release this evening.

Ilya Chalik ’11, a History and Science concentrator in Adams House, died today, Dean of Harvard College Evelynn M. Hammonds wrote in an e-mail to the College community.

Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Cambridge today to protest the actions of the Egyptian government. Students, residents, and visitors gathered to call for democracy in Egypt and to show solidarity for the protesters there.